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Table 2 Baseline variables

From: Improving adherence in mental health service users with severe mental illness in South Africa: a pilot randomized controlled trial of a treatment partner and text message intervention vs. treatment as usual

 

Total samplea

(N = 77)

Intervention

(N = 42)

TAU

(N = 35)

Statistic (df)

p value

 

Mean

(SD)

Mean

(SD)

Mean

(SD)

Participant characteristics

 Age

35.5

(10.2)

35.3

10.9

35.8

9.5

t = − 0.35 (75)

0.726

 

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

  

 Sex

χ2 = 1.03 (1)

0.311

  Male

55

71.4

28

66.6

27

77.1

  

  Female

22

28.6

14

33.3

8

22.9

  

 Ethnicity

χ2 = 0.51 (2)

0.774

  Coloured

47

66.2

26

66.7

21

65.6

  

  Black

18

25.3

9

23.1

9

23.1

  

  Other

6

8.5

4

10.3

2

6.3

  

 Marital status

χ2 = 0.29 (1)

0.591

  Never married

51

71.8

27

69.2

24

75.0

  

  Ever married

20

28.2

12

30.8

8

25.0

  

 Highest level of education

χ2 = 0.15 (2)

0.930

  Grade 7 or less

12

17.7

6

16.7

6

18.7

  

  Grades 8 to 11

42

61.8

22

61.1

20

62.5

  

  Grade 12

14

20.6

8

22.2

6

18.8

  

 6 month employment

χ2 = 0.31 (1)

0.579

  Unemployed

47

69.1

28

71.8

19

65.5

  

  Employed

21

30.9

11

28.2

10

34.5

  

 Diagnosis

0.604

  Schizophrenia Spectrum

62

80.5

32

76.2

30

85.7

  

  Bipolar mood disorder

11

14.3

7

16.7

4

11.4

  

  Substance induced psychotic disorder

4

5.2

3

7.1

1

2.9

  

 Substance use

χ2 = 0.18 (1)

0.671

  Lifetime substance use disorder

31

40,3

16

38.1

15

42.9

  

 Antipsychotic

  First generation

50

64.9

26

61.9

24

68.6

χ2 = 0.37 (1)

0.542

  Second generation

19

24.7

12

28.6

7

20.0

χ2 = 0.75 (1)

0.385

  Long acting injectable

22

28.6

10

23.8

12

34.29

χ2 = 1.03 (1)

0.311

Baseline measures

 PANSS subscales

  Positive

15.4

6.5

15.6

6.9

15.2

6.2

t = 0.06 (73)

0.951

  Negative

14.4

4.7

13.8

4.8

15.1

4.5

t = − 1.47 (73)

0.015

  General

26.8

7.5

26.5

7.9

27.1

7.2

t = − 0.44 (73)

0.663

  Total

56.6

15.9

55.9

17.1

57.4

14.5

t = − 0.42 (73)

0.676

 CGI

3.5

1

3.4

1

3.7

1

t = − 0.96 (68)

0.340

 GAF

48.8

10.1

49.9

10.8

47.6

9.4

z = 1.170

0.242

 CAN unmet needs

4.1

2.98

3.6

2.97

4.7

2.94

z = − 1.705

0.088

 EUROQUEL VAS

8.4

20.7

84

21.2

84.8

20.4

z = − 0.200

0.842

 MARS

5.9

1.88

5.8

1.87

6.0

1.93

t = − 0.36 (71)

0.723

  1. aBaseline variables with missing data included: marital status: n = 6, ethnicity: n = 6, HLOE: n = 9, employment = 9, PANSS: n = 2, CGI: n = 7, GAF score: n = 14, CAN: n = 6, EUROQUEL VAS: n = 3, MARS: n = 4