Table 1.
Sociodemographic, clinical characteristics and outcome at baseline
| Total n = 929 |
TAU n = 459 |
GBV n = 470 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sociodemographic characteristics | ||||
| Female n (%) | 582 (62.8) | 288 (63.0) | 294 (62.6) | 0.136 |
| Age m (SD) | 42.4 (13.2) | 42.3 (13.3) | 42.5 (13.1) | 0.807 |
| Higher education n (%) | 520 (56.1) | 252 (55.1) | 268 (57.0) | 0.564 |
| Having a partner n (%) | 334 (36.0) | 161 (35.2) | 173 (36.8) | 0.617 |
| Living alone n (%) | 421 (45.5) | 206 (45.1) | 215 (45.8) | 0.815 |
| Employed n (%) | 388 (41.8) | 201 (43.9) | 187 (39.8) | 0.206 |
| German citizen n (%) | 856 (92.3) | 428 (93.7) | 428 (91.1) | 0.138 |
| Monthly income above 2,500 € n (%) | 308 (34.5) | 154 (35.2) | 154 (33.8) | 0.662 |
| Health insurance TK n (%) | 744 (80.3) | 358 (78.3) | 386 (82.1) | 0.633 |
| Clinical characteristics | ||||
| Years mentally ill m (SD) | 15.1 (13.0) | 14.9 (12.5) | 15.4 (13.4) | 0.697 |
| Inpatient admissions m (SD) | 2.4 (4.0) | 2.4 (3.8) | 2.4 (4.3) | 0.430 |
| Psychiatric diagnosis group ICD-10 | ||||
| -Psychosis (F2) n (%) | 85 (9.2) | 46 (10.1) | 39 (8.3) | 0.362 |
| -Affective (F3) n (%) | 629 (67.7) | 307 (66.9) | 322 (68.5) | 0.596 |
| -Anxiety (F4) n (%) | 156 (16.8) | 77 (16.8) | 79 (16.8) | 0.989 |
| -Other n (%) | 59 (6.4) | 29 (6.3) | 30 (6.4) | 0.968 |
| Baseline outcome measures | ||||
| EPAS total score m (SD) | 2.97 (0.54) | 2.98 (0.53) | 2.96 (0.55) | 0.549 |
| HoNOS total score m (SD) | 15.27 ( | 15.26 (5.53) | 15.28 (5.35) | 0.959 |
| WHOQOL-BREF m (SD) | 37.27 (20.26) | 37.25 (20.02) | 37.29 (20.51) | 0.980 |
| ZUF-8 m (SD) | 20.72 (4.97) | 20.47 (4.99) | 20.96 (4.93) | 0.139 |
| CAN number of unmet needs / number of total needs m (SD) | 0.69 (0.27) | 0.70 (0.27) | 0.68 (0.27) | 0.191 |
1 Pearson’s Chi2 tests were conducted for categorical variables and Students t-tests were applied with continuous variables
TAU = Treatment as usual (control group); GBV = Gemeindepsychiatrische Basisversorgung (intervention group); EPAS = Assessment of Empowerment in Patients with Affective and Schizophrenic Disorders; HoNOS = Health of the Nations outcome Scale; WHOQOL-BREF = WHO Quality of Life Questionnaire Brief Version; ZUF-8 = Service Satisfaction Questionnaire; CAN = Camberwell Assessment of Needs