Table 3.

Comparison of homeless individuals with and without psychosis on selected demographic and clinical characteristics

Characteristics	Categories	Non-psychosis		Psychosis		P -value
		n	%	n	%
Gender	Male	115	89.8	80	89.9	1.000
	Female	13	10.2	9	10.1
Age	<25	12	14.1	54	45.8	<0.001
	25 to34	26	30.6	37	31.4
	≥35	47	55.3	27	22.9
Duration of homelessness	<6 months	4	5.5	14	12.5	0.051
	6 to 12 months	6	8.2	15	13.4
	1 to 2 years	5	6.8	11	9.8
	2 to 5 years	18	24.7	27	24.1
	>5 years	40	54.8	45	40.2
Death wish (past month)	None or minimal	31	49.2	76	62.3	0.088
	Frequent or persistent	32	50.8	46	37.7
Suicidal thoughts (past month)	None or minimal	44	69.8	100	82.0	0.060
	Frequent or persistent	19	30.2	22	18.0
Suicide attempt (past month)	None	43	69.4	104	86.0	0.008
	At least once	19	30.6	17	14.0
Alcohol use	Healthy use	16	25	61	48.8	<0.001
	Hazardous use	9	14.1	29	23.2
	Harmful use	9	14.1	12	9.6
	Dependent use	30	46.9	23	18.4