Table 2. Baseline Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics by Randomization Status.
| Characteristic | No. (%) | Test Statistic | P Valuea | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BA Group (n = 62) | Control Group (n = 63) | Total (N = 125) | |||
| Age, mean (SD), y | 30.9 (8.8) | 33.1 (9.9) | 32.0 (9.4) | t = −1.30 | .20 |
| Women | 56 (90.3) | 50 (79.4) | 106 (84.8) | χ2 = 2.91 | .09 |
| Education | |||||
| ≤Elementary school | 23 (37.1) | 20 (31.7) | 43 (34.4) | χ2 = 2.62 | .27 |
| High school degree | 24 (38.7) | 33 (52.4) | 57 (45.6) | ||
| ≥Bachelor’s degree | 15 (24.2) | 10 (15.9) | 25 (20.0) | ||
| Living alone | 33 (53.2) | 32 (50.8) | 65 (52.0) | χ2 = 0.07 | .79 |
| Living with partner | 25 (40.3) | 24 (38.1) | 49 (39.2) | χ2 = 0.07 | .80 |
| Accommodation with access to staff | |||||
| During parts of the day | 3 (4.8) | 0 | 3 (2.4) | χ2 < 0.01 | >.99 |
| Throughout the day | 5 (8.1) | 7 (11.1) | 12 (9.6) | χ2 = 0.33 | .56 |
| Child at home | 15 (24.2) | 17 (27.0) | 32 (25.6) | χ2 = 0.13 | .72 |
| Mental illness symptoms | |||||
| Suicidal ideation in last mo | 61 (96.8) | 60 (96.8) | 121 (96.8) | χ2 < 0.01 | >.99 |
| Suicidal behavior in last y | 50 (79.4) | 50 (80.6) | 100 (80.0) | χ2 = 0.03 | .86 |
| Mental disorders | |||||
| Anxiety | 31 (50.0) | 20 (31.7) | 51 (40.8) | χ2 = 4.31 | .04 |
| Bipolar and related | 21 (33.9) | 21 (33.3) | 42 (33.6) | χ2 < 0.01 | >.99 |
| Borderline personality | 33 (53.2) | 40 (63.4) | 73 (58.4) | χ2 = 1.36 | .24 |
| Eating | 16 (25.8) | 12 (19.0) | 28 (22.4) | χ2 = 0.82 | .37 |
| Depressive disorder | 46 (74.2) | 42 (66.7) | 88 (70.4) | χ2 = 0.85 | .36 |
| Obsessive-compulsive | 11 (17.7) | 11 (17.5) | 22 (17.6) | χ2 < 0.01 | >.99 |
| Personality (borderline excluded) | 10 (16.1) | 14 (22.2) | 24 (19.2) | χ2 = 0.75 | .39 |
| Posttraumatic stress | 29 (46.8) | 27 (42.9) | 56 (44.8) | χ2 = 0.19 | .66 |
| Psychotic | 3 (4.8) | 3 (4.8) | 6 (4.8) | χ2 < 0.01 | >.99 |
| Substance-related | 23 (37.1) | 32 (50.8) | 55 (44.0) | χ2 = 2.38 | .12 |
| No. of psychotropic medicaments, mean (SD) | 5.7 (2.0) | 5.1 (1.9) | 5.4 (2.0) | t110 = 1.67 | .10 |
| No. of NSSIs in last 2 wk, mean (SD) [median] | 6.8 (7.6) [5.0] | 5.4 (8.2) [3.5] | 6.2 (7.9) [4.0] | U = 535.00 | .26 |
| No. of suicide attempts in last 2 wk, mean (SD) [median] | 0.2 (0.7) [0] | 0.4 (0.9) [0] | 0.3 (0.8) [0] | U = 878.00 | .13 |
| Admitted to hospital, mean (SD) [median], d | 58.9 (48.2) [40.0] | 49.4 (38.8) [38.0] | 54.2 (43.9) [39.0] | U = 1797.00 | .44 |
| Compulsory admission to hospital, mean (SD) [median], d | 15.4 (29.3) [0] | 9.7 (30.7) [0] | 12.6 (30.0) [0] | U = 1576.50 | .03 |
| No. of compulsory measures, eg, restraint, forced treatment, mean (SD) [median] | 0.6 (1.8) [0] | 0.2 (0.7) [0] | 0.4 (1.4) [0] | U = 1790.50 | .16 |
| Visits to emergency department, mean (SD) [median] | 6.0 (6.2) [3.0] | 5.0 (5.5) [3.5] | 5.5 (5.9) [3.0] | U = 1721.50 | .25 |
| WHODAS II domains, mean (SD) | |||||
| Cognition | 53.8 (20.6) | 54.5 (21.5) | 54.1 (21.0) | t108 = −0.17 | .87 |
| Mobility | 45.7 (26.3) | 41.2 (25.7) | 43.5 (26.0) | t104 = 0.89 | .38 |
| Self-care | 37.0 (21.0) | 41.3 (23.6) | 39.2 (22.3) | t105 = −0.99 | .32 |
| Getting along | 56.7 (25.2) | 60.8 (25.9) | 58.6 (25.5) | t102 = −0.81 | .42 |
| Domestic responsibilities | 66.4 (28.4) | 66.6 (30.6) | 66.5 (29.4) | t106 = −0.04 | .97 |
| Participation | 61.4 (19.6) | 60.8 (21.5) | 61.1 (20.5) | t95 = 0.15 | .88 |
Abbreviations: BA, brief admission; NSSI, nonsuicidal self-injury; WHODAS II, World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule II.
a
Significance test results are from t tests for normally distributed continuous variables (t statistic), Mann-Whitney U tests for nonnormally distributed continuous variables (U statistic), and Pearson χ2 tests for categorical variables (χ2 statistic).