Table 4.

Secondary outcomes at 18 months for clients with serious mental illness assigned to assertive community treatment or to community mental health team care. Values are numbers (percentages) of clients unless stated otherwise

Variable	Assertive community treatment team	Community mental health team	Mean difference (95% CI)	P value
	n=91	n=75
Mean (SD) symptoms (EBPRS)	32.9 (9.0)	33.5 (8.6)	−0.6 (−3.3 to 2.1)	0.66
Mean (SD) unmet needs (CANSAS)	3.3 (2.7)	3.4 (2.9)	−0.1 (−1.0 to 0.7)	0.76
Mean (SD) satisfaction (CSQ)	77.2 (20.0)	70.0 (20.6)	7.14 (0.9 to 13.4)	0.03
	n=91	n=67
Mean (SD) quality of life (MANSA)	4.5 (1.0)	4.4 (0.9)	0.1 (−0.2 to 0.4)	0.56
	n=124	n=115
Mean (SD) social function (LSP)	119 (16.4)	115 (19.7)	4.3 (−0.3 to 8.9)	0.07
Mean (SD) total score (HoNOS)	8.6 (4.8)	9.0 (5.9)	−0.4 (−1.8 to 1.0)	0.56
Mean (SD) influences on medication (RoMI): compliance	6.7 (2.6)	6.1 (2.5)	0.6 (−0.6 to 1.2)	0.07
Mean (SD) influences on medication (RoMI): non-compliance	10.8 (4.3)	11.4 (3.8)	−0.7 (−1.7 to 0.4)	0.20
Mean (SD) engagement (HEAS)*	9.1 (3.3)	8.0 (3.8)	1.1 (0.1 to 1.9)	0.03
	n=124	n=115
Lost to follow-up	2 (2)	10 (8)	5.96†	0.01
Serious incidents in past 18 months:
Homeless	12 (10)	16 (14)	1.03†	0.31
Violence‡	21 (17)	14 (12)	1.08†	0.30
Deliberate self home§	10 (8)	13 (11)	0.72†	0.40
Arrested	23 (19)	25 (22)	0.38†	0.54
Forensic¶	9 (7)	6 (5)	0.22†	0.64
Prison	3 (2)	4 (3)	0.24†	0.63
Substance misuse:
Alcohol	25 (20)	21 (18)	0.14†	0.71
Illicit drugs	29 (23)	25 (22)	0.64†	0.42

^*Includes participants who disengaged completely and were out of contact with services therefore assertive community treatment n=124, community mental health care n=119.

^†ϰ² tests.

^‡Victim required hospital treatment.

^§Includes participants who committed suicide: one assigned to assertive community treatment (total n=125) and three assigned to community mental health care (total n=118).

^¶Contact with forensic psychiatric services.