Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of background variables of the whole population.
| BAE = 0 (n = 106) | BAE > 0 (n = 50) | Total (N = 156) | χ 2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | N | % | p-value | |
| Age when the patient was included in the study | |||||||
| <27 years | 28 | 26.4% | 16 | 32.0% | 44 | 28.2% | 0.47 |
| 28–35 years | 34 | 32.1% | 11 | 22.0% | 45 | 28.8% | 0.20 |
| 36–45 years | 25 | 23.6% | 13 | 26.0% | 38 | 24.4% | 0.74 |
| >45 years | 19 | 17.9% | 10 | 20.0% | 29 | 18.6% | 0.76 |
| Diagnoses of schizophrenia, schizotypal and delusional disorders (F20–F29) | 80 | 75.5% | 42 | 84.0% | 122 | 78.2% | 0.23 |
| Length of hospitalization before the patient were included in the study (<1 year) | 55 | 51.9% | 29 | 58.0% | 84 | 53.8% | 0.48 |
| Diagnoses of psychoactive substance use, primary or secondary (F10–19) | 68 | 64.2% | 32 | 64.0% | 100 | 64.1% | 0.99 |
BAE (Basic Aggressive Episodes) = the sum of SOAS-R scorings above 8, the first month the patient were in the study. Patients with at least one BAE (BAE > 0) was included in the study. χ2, Chi square test for the difference (Δ) between the BAE = 0 group and the BAE > 0 group.