Table 2.
Comparisons of Socio-demographic and mental disorder related characteristics by follow up completion status.
| Variable | High Need (n = 297, 10 vs. 287) |
Moderate Need (n = 200, 13 vs. 187) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No FU visit n (%)/mean (sd) |
At least one FU visit n (%)/mean (sd) |
P valuea | No FU visit n (%)/mean (sd) | At least one FU visit n (%)/mean (sd) |
P value | |
| Sociodemographics | ||||||
| Age (years): mean (sd) | 35.4 (14.8) | 39.8 (11.0) | 0.224 | 46.8 (9.5) | 42.3 (10.5) | 0.141 |
| Male sex | 9 (90) | 209 (74) | 0.462 | 10 (77) | 131 (70) | 0.760 |
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| Aboriginals | 2 (20) | 42 (15) | 0.817 | 3 (23) | 30 (16) | 0.682 |
| Caucasian | 6 (60) | 164 (57) | 6 (46) | 104 (56) | ||
| Mixed/Other | 2 (20) | 81 (28) | 4 (31) | 53 (23) | ||
| Incomplete high school | 7 (66) | 172 (61) | 0.745 | 5 (38) | 96 (51) | 0.405 |
| Single/Never married | 8 (89) | 206 (72) | 0.453 | 7 (54) | 122 (65) | 0.550 |
| Have children (under18) | 0 (0) | 69 (25) | 0.120 | 5 (42) | 48 (26) | 0.310 |
| Currently employed | 0 (0) | 10 (3) | 1.000 | 1 (8) | 7 (4) | 0.279 |
| Homelessness | ||||||
| Absolutely homeless | 10 (100) | 222 (77) | 0.125 | 8 (62) | 148 (79) | 0.165 |
| Lifetime duration of homelessness (months) | ||||||
| mean (sd) | 62.2 (60.1) | 62.0 (67.3) | 0.993 | 35.4 (68.6) | 61.5 (69.1) | 0.273 |
| DSM-IV diagnosis | ||||||
| Major Depressive Episode | 3 (30) | 92 (32) | 1.000 | 6 (46) | 98 (52) | 0.777 |
| Manic or Hypomanic Episode | 2 (20) | 66 (23) | 1.000 | 1 (8) | 28 (15) | 0.697 |
| Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder | 1 (10) | 62 (22) | 0.694 | 4 (31) | 62 (33) | 1.000 |
| Panic Disorder | 2 (20) | 57 (20) | 1.000 | 1 (8) | 44 (23) | 0.305 |
| Psychotic Disorder | 8 (80) | 203 (71) | 0.729 | 5 (38) | 47 (25) | 0.329 |
| Alcohol dependence | 2 (20) | 70 (24) | 1.000 | 3 (23) | 46 (25) | 1.000 |
| Substance dependence | 4 (40) | 179 (62) | 0.191 | 6 (46) | 99 (53) | 0.776 |
| Suicidality (moderate or high) | 2 (20) | 91 (32) | 0.730 | 3 (23) | 72 (38) | 0.378 |
| Two or more mental disorders | 5 (50) | 143 (50) | 1.000 | 5 (38) | 87 (46) | 0.775 |
a
p values (for both high and moderate need comparisons) were based on independent sample t-test with equal or unequal variance (for continuous variables) and Pearson chi-square test or Fisher's exact test (for categorical variables) as appropriate.