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. 2021 Jul 1;303:114081. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2021.114081

Table 3.

Characteristics of patients with psychotic disorders.

Variables Control period Lockdown period
n (%)/mean ± SD n (%)/mean ± SD p
Age in years 37.5 ± 11.2 37.2 ± 11.3 0.64
U = 40,063.5
Age categories
18–25 34 (12.3) 46 (15.5) 0.8
26–35 99 (35.9) 101 (34.0) X2 = 1.64
36–45 72 (26.1) 70 (23.6)
46–55 48 (17.4) 55 (18.5)
56–65 23 (8.3) 25 (8.4)
Gender
Male 176 (63.8) 198 (66.7) 0.47
Female 100 (36.2) 99 (33.3) X2 = 0.53
Language
English 268 (97.5) 205 (97.2) 0.84
Non-English 7 (2.5) 6 (2.8) X2 = 0.04
Triage category
Resuscitation 4 (1.4) 3 (1.0) 0.22
Emergency 79 (28.6) 68 (22.9) X2 = 5.69
Urgent 170 (61.6) 189 (63.6)
Semi-urgent 23 (8.3) 35 (11.8)
Non-urgent 0 (0) 2 (0.7)
Diagnosis
Schizophrenia 114 (41.3) 140 (47.1) 0.008
Acute transient psychosis 23 (8.3) 42 (14.1) X2 = 9.73
Unspecified psychosis 139 (50.4) 115 (38.7)
ED stay (in minutes) 0.28
757.2 ± 444.2 723.4 ± 464.0 U = 38,863
Discharge destination
Not admitted to a hospital bed 74 (26.8) 105 (35.4) 0.027
Admitted to a hospital bed 202 (73.2) 192 (64.6) X2 = 4.86