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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 12.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Psychiatry. 2013 Dec;74(12):1249–1255. doi: 10.4088/JCP.12m08331

Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of 30 non-adherent homeless/recently homeless individuals with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder

Variable Screening Value Baseline Value

Age in years Mean (SD -- Range) 41.8 (8.6 --22–54)

Female N (%) 14 (46.7)

Race N (%)
 White 3 (10)
 Black 27 (90)

Hispanic ethnicity N (%) 2 (6.7)

Education in years Mean (SD -- Range) 11.2 (1.9 --8–15)

Marital Status N (%)
 Single, never married 21 (70)
 Married 2 (6.7)
 Separated/Divorced/Widowed 7 (23.3)

Type of Illness N (%)
Schizophrenia 10 (33)
Schizoaffective disorder 20 (67)
 Bipolar sub-type 18 (89)
 Depressive sub-type 2 (11)

Age at onset of illness in years
Mean (SD) 24.1 (10.5)
Range (Median) 22 (41)

TRQ Mean (SD)
Past Week 57.2 (6.1) 20.7 (7.0) (n=23)
Past Month 46.1 (5.7) 30.1 (8.4) (n=17)

Housing status as a proportion of the previous 180 days %
-Outdoors 1
-Short-term/emergency shelter 44
-Transitional housing 6
-Permanent housing with assistance 35
-Permanent housing without assistance 2
-Incarceration 10

ASI (n=20)
-Drug Mean (SD) 0.6 (1.3)
-Legal Mean (SD) 0.6 (1.3)

Past or current substance abuse
N (%) 29 (97)

History of incarceration N (%) 29 (97)

BMI Mean (SD) 32.9 (6.6)

TRQ: Tablets Routine Questionnaire; ASI: Addiction Severity Index ; BMI: Body Mass Index