Table 1.
Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics of Acute Inpatients
| Long-stay inpatients (N = 127) |
Short-stay inpatients (N = 870) |
Statistics | |||||
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | t | P | ||||
| AGE | Mean | 49.9 (15.2) | 45.6 (15.2) | 3.0 | 0.003 | ||
| N | % | N | % | x2 | p | ||
| GENDER | Male | 67 | 53.0 | 439 | 50.5 | 0.23 | 0.64 |
| Female | 60 | 47.0 | 431 | 49.5 | |||
| MARITAL STATUS | Single | 82 | 65.0 | 426 | 49.0 | 15.8 | < 0.001 |
| Married | 17 | 13.0 | 257 | 30.0 | |||
| Separated or divorced or widowed | 28 | 22.0 | 179 | 21.0 | |||
| EDUCATION | ≤ 8 years | 73 | 57.0 | 588 | 72.0 | 9.1 | 0.003 |
| > 8 years | 52 | 41.0 | 232 | 28.0 | |||
| OCCUPATIONAL STATUS | Currently unemployed | 33 | 26.0 | 217 | 26.0 | 20.3 | < 0.001 |
| Full/part-time/temporary work/vocational training | 19 | 15.0 | 203 | 23.0 | |||
| Social or disability pension | 63 | 50.0 | 265 | 34.0 | |||
| Other (e.g., housewife, student, etc) | 11 | 9.0 | 150 | 17.0 | |||
| NATIONALITY | Italian | 126 | 99.0 | 848 | 98.0 | 1.85 | 0.60 |
| European Union or Other | 1 | 1.0 | 12 | 2.0 | |||
| LIVING SITUATION | At home | ||||||
| - Alone | 22 | 17.0 | 160 | 19.0 | 16.1 | 0.001 | |
| - With partner or relatives or friends | 77 | 61.0 | 609 | 72.0 | |||
| Institution | 16 | 13.0 | 54 | 6.0 | |||
| Other | 11 | 9.0 | 28 | 3.0 | |||