Table 1.
Baseline Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics of First-Presentation Psychosis Patients
| Any Childhood Adversity | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic and Clinical Characteristics | Total (N = 285) n (%) |
Yes (N = 203) n (%) |
No (N = 82) n (%) |
χ2 | df | P |
| Gender | 1.44 | 1 | .285 | |||
| Men | 172 (60.4) | 127 (62.6) | 45 (54.9) | |||
| Women | 113 (39.6) | 76 (37.4) | 37 (45.1) | |||
| Ethnicity | 36.28 | 5 | < .001 | |||
| White British | 72 (25.3) | 39 (19.2) | 33 (40.2) | |||
| Black Caribbean | 56 (19.6) | 52 (25.6) | 4 (4.9) | |||
| Black African | 65 (22.8) | 50 (24.6) | 15 (18.3) | |||
| White other | 30 (10.5) | 21 (10.3) | 9 (11.0) | |||
| Asian (all) | 24 (8.4) | 10 (4.9) | 14 (17.1) | |||
| Other | 38 (13.3) | 31 (15.3) | 7 (8.5) | |||
| Level of education | 20.43 | 4 | < .001 | |||
| No qualifications | 48 (17.6) | 40 (20.7) | 8 (10.1) | |||
| GCSE/O level | 64 (23.5) | 47 (24.4) | 17 (21.5) | |||
| A level | 40 (14.7) | 25 (13.0) | 15 (19.0) | |||
| Vocational/college | 66 (24.3) | 54 (28.0) | 12 (15.2) | |||
| University or professional qualifications | 54 (19.9) | 27 (14.0) | 27 (34.2) | |||
| Age (y) | t = 0.934 | 282 | .351 | |||
| Mean (SD) | 28.9 (9.3) | 28.6 (8.8) | 29.7 (10.2) | |||
| Duration of untreated psychosis (wk) | t = −0.773 | 173 | .440 | |||
| Mean (SD) | 6.8 (11.0) | 7.3 (11.6) | 5.9 (9.8) | |||
| GAF-symptoms score | t = 1.80 | 139 | .073 | |||
| Mean (SD) | 46.9 (18.8) | 44.9 (18.7) | 51.4 (21.7) | |||
| GAF-disability score | t = 2.16 | 138 | .033 | |||
| Mean (SD) | 55.7 (16.9) | 53.7 (15.6) | 60.3 (18.9) | |||
Note: Figures in bold indicate P <.05. Any childhood adversity refers to reported exposure prior to 17 y of age to any of the following: separation from a parent, parental death, physical abuse, sexual abuse, being taken into care, or having more than 2 family arrangements. df, Degrees of freedom; GAF, Global Assessment of Functioning scale; GCSE, General Certificate of Secondary Education.