TABLE 2.
Baseline characteristics of study participants, by failed conditional discharge statusa
| Failed conditional discharge |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No (N=50) |
Yes (N=20) |
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| Characteristic | N responses | N | % | N responses | N | % | pb |
| Age (M±SD) | 50 | 35.5±12.3 | 20 | 36.4±9.8 | .752 | ||
| Gender | 50 | 20 | .697 | ||||
| Male | 30 | 60 | 13 | 65 | |||
| Female | 20 | 40 | 7 | 35 | |||
| Race-ethnicity | 50 | 20 | .116 | ||||
| African American | 40 | 80 | 11 | 55 | |||
| Caucasian | 7 | 14 | 6 | 30 | |||
| Hispanic | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 | |||
| Marital status | 50 | 20 | .389 | ||||
| Never married | 41 | 82 | 18 | 90 | |||
| Divorced | 9 | 18 | 2 | 10 | |||
| Highest level of education | 43 | 19 | .248 | ||||
| Did not graduate high school | 22 | 52 | 7 | 37 | |||
| Graduated high school | 11 | 25 | 9 | 47 | |||
| Post high school | 10 | 23 | 3 | 16 | |||
| Employment | 50 | 20 | .095 | ||||
| Unemployed | 46 | 92 | 20 | 100 | |||
| Employed (paid, full- and part-time) | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Primary diagnosis | 50 | 20 | .435 | ||||
| Schizophrenia | 28 | 56 | 8 | 40 | |||
| Depression with psychotic features | 10 | 20 | 3 | 15 | |||
| Schizoaffective disorder | 4 | 8 | 4 | 20 | |||
| Psychotic disorder, NOS | 5 | 10 | 2 | 10 | |||
| Bipolar disorder with psychotic features | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 | |||
| Co-occurring substance use disorder | 50 | .308 | |||||
| Polysubstance use | 20 | 40 | 12 | 60 | |||
| None | 18 | 36 | 3 | 15 | |||
| Marijuana | 7 | 14 | 3 | 15 | |||
| Cocaine | 5 | 10 | 2 | 10 | |||
| Days homelessc | 41 | 26.8±64.6 | 17 | 32.4±44.9 | .745 | ||
| BPRS (M±SD)d | 41 | 37.6±7.0 | 17 | 42.4±6.6 | .018 | ||
| ITAQ (M±SD)e | 40 | 15.6±6.1 | 17 | 14.8±5.3 | .655 | ||
| MARS (M±SD)f | 37 | 3.0±2.1 | 17 | 4.2±3.4 | .109 | ||
| ASI, alcohol (M±SD)g | 41 | .1±.2 | 17 | .2±.2 | .119 | ||
| ASI, drugs (M±SD)h | 40 | .1±.1 | 17 | .1±.1 | .696 | ||
| TSRQ autonomy subscale (M±SD)i | 39 | 5.8±1.4 | 17 | 5.3±1.8 | .289 | ||
| LSI-R (M±SD)j | 40 | 23.3±6.6 | 16 | 31.6±6.4 | <.001 | ||
| Lifetime arrests | 50 | 14.4±21.0 | 20 | 21.0±19.3 | .244 | ||
| Lifetime convictions | 50 | 6.4±11.4 | 20 | 11.8±12.7 | .104 | ||
| Hospital daysk,l | 50 | 5.9±13.4 | 20 | 14.1±37.3 | .200 | ||
| Jail daysk | 50 | 55.8±86.2 | 20 | 94.9±96.2 | .116 | ||
| Lifetime jail days (sentenced) (M±SD) | 50 | 388±1012 | 20 | 943±1,163 | .060 | ||
| Lifetime months of probation (sentenced) (M±SD) | 50 | 36.5±44.6 | 20 | 45.5±52.9 | .472 | ||
Participants with a failed conditional discharge were removed from the intervention arm of the study protocol for failing to comply with the judge’s legal conditions but were continued in the data collection arm.
Based on a likelihood ratio test (beta=0) in a logistic regression of whether the variable had an effect (versus no effect) on failed conditional discharge status
During 6 months prior to enrollment
Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (total score). Possible scores range from 18 to 126, with higher scores indicating greater symptom severity.
Insight and Treatment Attitudes Questionnaire (total score). Possible scores range from 0 to 22, with higher scores indicating greater insight into need for treatment.
Medication Adherence Rating Scale (total score). Possible scores range from 0 to 10, with higher scores indicating higher levels of medication adherence.
Addiction Severity Index. Scores for study participants ranged from 0 to .70, with higher scores indicating greater severity of alcohol addiction.
Addiction Severity Index. Scores for study participants ranged from 0 to .47, with higher scores indicating greater severity of drug addiction.
Treatment Self-Regulation Questionnaire. Possible scores range from 1 to 7, with higher scores indicating higher levels of perceived autonomy related to taking antipsychotic medications.
Level of Service Inventory–Revised (total score). Possible scores range from 0 to 54, with higher scores indicating greater risk of criminal recidivism.
During the year prior to enrollment
Includes days in both general and state psychiatric hospitals