Table 2.

Unit characteristics

	Baseline		Follow up
	n or median	% or (IQR)	n or median	% or (IQR)
Unit location
Inner city	5	10
Suburbs	43	86
Rural area	2	4
Unit type
Hospital ward	6	12
Community based	44	88
Mean (SD) Mental Illness Needs Index score for local area of unit	1.09	(0.36)
Staffing
Psychiatrist works in the unit	47	94	50	100
Access to a psychiatrist	3	6	0	0
Clinical psychologist works on the unit	26	52	36	72
Access to a clinical psychologist	20	40	11	22
Occupational therapist works on the unit	39	78	41	82
Access to an occupational therapist	7	14	6	12
Nurse works on the unit	50	100	50	100
Support worker works on the unit	50	100	50	100
Social worker works on the unit	1	2	2	4
Access to a social worker	39	78	45	90
Ex-service user(s) work in the unit	19	38	20	40
Ex-service user(s) on the payroll	15	79	17	85
Staff turnover	14	(8, 21)	9	(4, 17)
Staff: service user ratio	1.8	(1.6, 2.2)	1.9	(1.8, 2.3)
Beds
Beds on the unit	13	(10, 16)	13	(10, 16)
% beds occupied	95	(89, 100)	94	(86, 100)
Turnover
% staff turnover last 12 months	14	(8, 21)	9	(4, 17)
% service user turnover last 12 months	82	(55, 113)	92	(56, 120)
Interventions
Percentage taking clozapine	37	(25, 45)	39	(25, 45)
Percentage taking multiple antipsychotics	0	(0, 0)	0	(0, 0)
Percentage of service users with carer involvement	76	(64, 90)	75	(56, 87)
Percentage of service users who had family intervention in the last year	7	(0, 28)	7	(0, 25)
Percentage who received CBT in the last 12 months	13	(0, 33)	9	(0, 38)
Unit manager “very happy” for their friend/relative to receive care on unit	28	56	27	54
	mean	(SD)	mean	(SD)
QuIRC domain scores (%)
Living environment	79	(7)	79	(7)
Therapeutic environment	68	(6)	71	(5)
Treatments and interventions	65	(7)	65	(8)
Self-management and autonomy	75	(6)	77	(7)
Human rights	77	(8)	80	(6)
Recovery based practice	72	(7)	74	(7)
Social inclusion	65	(12)	65	(11)

mean used when data Normally distributed, median when skewed