Table 1.
Comparisons in socio-demographic variables between FEP-C (control) and PROD (prodrome) groups
| Socio-demographic characteristics | FEP-C (n = 283; 83.7%) | PROD (n = 14; 4.1%) |
Statistics | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (S.D.)/n(%) | Mean (S.D.)/n(%) | Test statistics | df | P-value | |
| Age, y | 27.9 (5.5) | 24.2 (6.0) | t = 2.46 | 295 | 0.01 |
| Range | 18–37 | 15–34 | |||
| Gender | chi2 = 0.36 | 1 | 0.60a | ||
| Female | 124 (43.8) | 5 (35.7) | |||
| Male | 159 (56.2) | 9 (64.3) | |||
| Ethnicity | chi2 = 2.65 | 2 | 0.29a | ||
| White | 98 (35.1) | 7 (53.8) | |||
| Black | 126 (45.2) | 3 (23.1) | |||
| Other | 55 (19.7) | 3 (23.1) | |||
| Country of birth | chi2 = 6.14 | 1 | 0.02b | ||
| UK | 124 (46.8) | 10 (83.3) | |||
| Not in the UK | 141 (53.2) | 2 (16.7) | |||
| Education | chi2 = 1.30 | 1 | 0.21b | ||
| School | 111 (55.2) | 8 (72.7) | |||
| A-Level, or above | 90 (44.8) | 3 (27.3) | |||
| Employment status | chi2 = 1.24 | 1 | 0.27a | ||
| Unemployed | 172 (64.7) | 7 (50.0) | |||
| Employed | 94 (35.3) | 7 (50.0) | |||
| Marital status | chi2 = 2.98 | 1 | 0.10a | ||
| Not in stable relationship | 207 (75.3) | 7 (53.9) | |||
| Married/stable relationship | 68 (24.7) | 6 (46.1) | |||
| Living arrangements | chi2 = 4.08 | 2 | 0.15b | ||
| Alone | 74 (27.0) | 1 (7.1) | |||
| Partner/family | 125 (45.6) | 10 (71.4) | |||
| No stable accommodation | 75 (27.4) | 3 (21.4) | |||
| Cannabis use | chi2 = 1.86 | 1 | 0.26b | ||
| No | 118 (50.2) | 4 (30.8) | |||
| Yes | 117 (49.8) | 9 (69.2) | |||
ARMS At Risk Mental State, IQR inter-quantile range, S.D. standard deviation, df degree of freedom, y years, FEP-C (control) group FEP patients who present to mental health services for FEP without prior contact with the prodromal services, PROD (prodrome) group FEP patients who had first presented to the prodromal services with the ARMS and who, by definition, subsequently transitioned to FEP
achi-square test
bFisher’s exact test