Table 1.
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics at first (T0) and last measurement (T1) (n = 287)
| T0 | T1 | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | ||
| Gender, male | 221 | 77.0 | – | – | – |
| Ethnicity, Western origin (n = 281) | 184 | 65.5 | – | – | – |
| Educational level completed (n = 276) | |||||
| Low | 41 | 14.9 | 41 | 14.9 | 1.00 |
| Middle | 179 | 64.9 | 163 | 59.1 | .002 |
| High | 56 | 20.3 | 72 | 26.1 | .000 |
| Mild to severe problems with addictiona (n = 284) | 53 | 18.7 | 62 | 22.6 | .233 |
| Main psychiatric diagnosis, non-affective psychotic disorder | 254 | 88.5 | – | – | – |
| Main psychiatric diagnosis, bipolar disorder | 17 | 5.9 | – | – | – |
| Main psychiatric diagnosis, other or postponed diagnoses | 16 | 5.6 | – | – | – |
| Employment status | |||||
| Paid employment (including sheltered work, n =234) | 36 | 15.3 | 42 | 17.9 | .381 |
| Volunteering (n = 232) | 20 | 8.6 | 32 | 13.8 | .090 |
| Student (n = 242) | 54 | 22.3 | 51 | 21.1 | .791 |
| Not employed and not studying (n = 247) | 149 | 60.3 | 138 | 55.9 | .229 |
| Living conditions (n = 268) | |||||
| With parents or other relatives | 139 | 51.9 | 106 | 39.6 | .000 |
| Independent (alone, with partner and/or children, with others) | 62 | 23.1 | 83 | 31.0 | .001 |
| Sheltered living | 26 | 9.7 | 37 | 13.8 | .027 |
| Supervised independent living | 5 | 1.9 | 15 | 1.5 | .002 |
| Admitted to psychiatric ward or hospital | 29 | 10.8 | 17 | 6.3 | .012 |
| T0 | T1 | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | ||
| Age in years | 22.1 | 2.94 | 24.4 | 3.14 | – |
| Treatment duration (in months) | 10.1 | 12.48 | 38.0 | 19.83 | – |
| Age of onset of psychotic symptoms (n = 244) | 19.6 | 3.26 | – | – | – |
| Age of first contact with a health care provider (n = 258) | 18.9 | 4.05 | – | – | – |
| Treatment motivationb | 0.9 | 1.17 | 1.2 | 1.33 | .000 |
| Psychosocial functioning total meanc | 8.8 | 5.94 | 8.9 | 7.19 | .705 |
| Total number of needs for care (n = 273)d | 8.9 | 3.95 | 8.1 | 4.84 | .003 |
| Total number of met needs for cared | 5.6 | 2.86 | 5.0 | 3.30 | .009 |
| Total number of unmet needs for cared | 3.2 | 3.21 | 3.0 | 3.75 | .322 |
aMeasured with HoNOS (score > 1)
bMeasured with HoNOS (0 = no problems to 4 = severe to very severe problems)
cMeasured with HoNOS (0 = no problems to 48 = maximum number of problems)
dMeasured with CANSAS (0 = no needs to 25 = maximum number of needs)