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. 2015 Aug 4;15:187. doi: 10.1186/s12888-015-0545-3

Table 1.

Sociodemographic, clinical, and service use characteristics in Norwegian and Russian acute psychiatric patients

Variable Norwegian cohort (n = 377) n (%) Russian cohort (n = 464) n (%) χ2
Age < 40 141 (37.5) 160 (34.6) 0.74
Male 194 (51.6) 284 (63.4) 7.62**
Unmarried 288 (76.4) 257 (55.3) 40.69***
Living alone 202 (55.6) 124 (26.6) 128.28***
Working/student 41 (10.9) 117 (25.2) 27.88***
Disability pension 160 (45.2) 142 (30.6) 20.35***
Overactive (HoNOS 1) 200 (53.1) 294 (63.4) 9.13**
Alcohol/drug problems (HoNOS 3) 130 (34.9) 273 (59.5) 49.50***
Cognitive problems
(HoNOS 4)
163 (44.6) 230 (49.8) 2.14
Depressed moods (HoNOS 7) 263 (71.7) 357 (76.1) 3.01
Problems with activities of daily life (HoNOS 10) 242 (66.1) 305 (65.9) 0.01
GAF-S ≥ 40 134 (36.7) 208 (44.7) 5.52*
GAF-F ≥ 40 146 (40.0) 217 (46.7) 3.80*
Affective disorder 99 (26.3) 17 (3.7) 89.55***
Psychosis 127 (33.7) 110 (23.7) 10.36**
Alcohol/drug disorder 33 (8.8) 217 (46.7) 143.36***
Personality disorder 20 (5.3) 3 (0.6) 17.00***
Adjustment disorder 12 (3.2) 18 (3.9) 0.29
Previous lifetime psychiatric treatment 298 (83.4) 336 (72.0) 14.02**
Psychiatric treatment in last year 181 (48.1) 256 (55.0) 2.37
Referred by someone who knows patient 180 (48.1) 192 (42.8) 2.37
Wanted to be admitted 209 (59.4) 332 (69.4) 17.4***

*p ≤ 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001