Table 2.
Clinical features of the voluntary and involuntary admission patients with schizophrenia
| Clinical features |
Voluntary admission (n=164) |
Involuntary admission (n=2003) |
Statistics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | χ2 | df | P | |
| Psychotic positive symptoms (e.g. hallucination, delusion, experiences of influence) | 118 | 72.0 | 1553 | 77.5 | 2.677 | 1 | 0.102 |
| Negative symptoms (e.g. affective flattening, paucity of speech, social withdrawal and lowering of social performance) | 107 | 65.2 | 1216 | 60.7 | 1.311 | 1 | 0.252 |
| History of drug and alcohol abuse | 3 | 1.8 | 63 | 3.1 | 0.889 | 1 | 0.346 |
| Negative life events (e.g. the death of a family member, or terminal illness), or other social psychological stimulation | 28 | 17.1 | 392 | 19.6 | 0.605 | 1 | 0.437 |
| Lack of insight | 65 | 39.6 | 1495 | 74.6 | 92.109 | 1 | ＜0.001 |