Table 1. Characteristics of poor and good functional outcome groups at follow-up.
Variables | Poor Outcome (n = 40) | Good Outcome (n = 53) | Statistics | ||||
Clinical | M | SD | M | SD | F | p-value | Effect Size c |
BPRS Depression | 13.39 | 6.0 | 12.16 | 3.7 | 1.40 | ns | 0.25 |
BPRS Positive | 11.14 | 5.2 | 10.45 | 3.7 | 0.53 | ns | 0.16 |
BPRS Negative | 8.44 | 3.3 | 7.16 | 2.9 | 3.67 | ns | 0.41 |
BPRS Mania | 9.44 | 3.1 | 9.82 | 4.0 | 0.23 | ns | 0.10 |
Functional | |||||||
SOFAS | 51.99 | 7.1 | 71.38 | 6.9 | 173.72 a | 0.000 | 2.75 |
WHOQOL-BREF | 47.57 | 11.8 | 53.63 | 8.5 | 6.65 a | 0.012 | 0.60 |
WHODAS-II | 36.70 | 19.0 | 26.69 | 15.0 | 5.67 a | 0.020 | 0.59 |
N | % | N | % | χ2 | p-value | Effect Size d | |
Employed | 6 | 15.0 | 30 | 56.6 | 16.63 | 0.000 | 0.42 |
Student | 17 | 42.5 | 31 | 58.5 | 2.33 | ns | 0.16 |
On a Disability Support Pension | 18 | 45.0 | 7 | 13.2 | 11.72 | 0.001 | 0.36 |
Has a Romantic Partner | 7 | 17.5 | 23 | 43.4 | 7.00 | 0.008 | 0.27 |
Living with Parents or Relative(s) | 29 | 72.5 | 32 | 60.4 | 1.48 | ns | 0.13 |
Living with Flatmate(s) | 5 | 12.5 | 7 | 13.2 | 0.01 | ns | 0.01 |
Living with Partner | 2 | 5.0 | 8 | 15.1 | 2.42 | ns b | 0.16 |
Living Alone | 4 | 10.0 | 6 | 11.3 | 0.04 | ns b | 0.02 |
BPRS = Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale. SOFAS = Social and Occupational Functioning Assessment Scale. WHOQOL-BREF = World Health Organization Quality of Life (BREF) Scale. WHODAS-II = World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule II.
Welch’s statistic correcting for homogeneity of variance violation.
Fisher’s exact test correcting for cells with n<5.
Hedges’ g.
Cramer’s V.