Table 1.
Demographic, social, and clinical characteristics of the sample
| Total sample (n = 387) | |
|---|---|
| Median (IQR) | |
| Age (years) | 29.0 (22.0–36.0) |
| Duration of untreated psychosis (weeks)a | 8.3 (2.0–32.2) |
| Length of follow-up (years)b | 10.7 (9.8–11.4) |
| No (%) | |
| Study centre | |
| London | 230 (59.4) |
| Nottingham | 157 (36.1) |
| Gender | |
| Male | 215 (55.6) |
| Female | 172 (44.4) |
| Ethnicity | |
| White British | 167 (43.2) |
| Black Caribbean | 108 (27.9) |
| Black African | 45 (11.6) |
| White Other | 25 (6.5) |
| Asian | 22 (5.7) |
| Other (all) | 20 (5.2) |
| Place of birthc | |
| UK | 288 (76.0) |
| Non-UK | 91 (24.0) |
| Lifetime Substance Abuse/Dependenced | 77 (22.9) |
| Lifetime Alcohol Abuse/Dependenced | 54 (16.1) |
| Baseline diagnosis | |
| Schizophrenia | 167 (43.2) |
| Mania | 54 (14.0) |
| Depression | 56 (14.5) |
| Schizoaffective | 18 (4.7) |
| Brief | 35 (9.0) |
| Other | 57 (14.7) |
| Acute mode of onsete | 157 (46.0) |
| Course Typef | |
| No further episodes | 43 (12.5) |
| Episodic | 69 (20.0) |
| Neither | 153 (44.3) |
| Continuous | 80 (23.2) |
| Recovered (symptoms)g | 140 (46.2) |
| Recovered (functional)h | 117 (40.9) |
| Employed at follow-upi | 66 (22.8) |
| Marital status (follow-up)j | |
| Married/steady relationship | 95 (31.7) |
| Single | 205 (68.3) |
| Parental status (follow-up)k | |
| No children | 164 (55.6) |
| Parent, lives with child | 80 (27.1) |
| Parent, child lives with others | 51 (17.3) |
IQR, Interquartile range
a
Missing, 14.
b
Missing, 126.
c
Missing, 8.
d
Missing, 51.
e
Missing, 46.
f
Missing, 42.
g
Missing, 84.
h
Missing, 101.
i
Missing, 98.
j
Missing, 87.
k
Missing, 92.