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. 2019 Nov 8;10:798. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00798

Table 5.

Treatment-related information for the CCU admission cohort.

Staffing model Clinical Integrated Total Test p
Site 1
(n = 53)
Site 2
(n = 52)
Site 3
(n = 40)
(N = 145)
Referral and Legal status
Community-based referrala 56.6% 63.5% 62.5% 60.7% X2 (2) = .593 .743
Involuntary treatmentb 52.8% 51.9% 32.5% 46.9% X2 (2) = .4.606 .102
Guardianship order present 5.7% 3.8% 5.0% 4.8% Fisher’s Exact Testc 1.000
Medications prescribed
Anti-psychotic medication:
- CPZ equivalent dose (x¯, mg) 436.2 (365.3) 436.4 (284.5) 361.3 (257.7) 415.6 (309.8) K(2) = 2.073 .355
- Depot prescribed 45.3% 50.0% 40.0% 45.5% X2 (2) = 0.914 .633
- Clozapine prescribed 17.0% 25.0% 37.5% 25.5% X2 (2) = 5.061 .080
- Number of antipsychotics 1.36 (0.71) 1.42 (0.696) 1.15 (0.58) 1.32 (0.676) K(2) = 4.528 .104
Mood stabiliser:
- Lithium 20.8% 21.2% 10.0% 17.9% X2 (2) = 2.364 .307
- Sodium valproate 9.4% 15.4% 12.5% 12.4% X2 (2) = .855 .652
- Other 7.5% 3.8% 0.0% 4.1% X2 (2) = 3.291 .193
Other medication:
- Antidepressant 41.5% 44.2% 42.5% 42.8% X2 (2) = .081 .960
- Benzodiazepine(s) 13.2% 17.3% 7.5% 13.1% X2 (2) = 1.911 .385
a

Community-based referral compared to combined acute (35.2%) and sub-acute (4.1%) inpatient referral source.

b

Involuntary treatment includes both Involuntary Treatment Orders (43.5%) and Forensic Orders (3.4%).

c

Unadjusted odds ratio: Guardianship order present = .359.