Table 2

Demographic and Clinical Characteristics That Are Significantly Different across Patients Groups

Psychiatric Emergency Room Patients with Incident ReportsInpatients with Incident ReportsPsychiatric Emergency Room Patients with No Incident ReportsTest Statistic (df)PPsychiatric Emergency Room Patients with Incident Reports versus Inpatients with Incident ReportsPsychiatric Emergency Room Patients with Incident Reports versus Psychiatric Emergency Room Patients with No Incident Reports
Test Statistic (df)PTest Statistic (df)P
Age, y37.5 ± 14.333.2 ± 12.541.4 ± 15.1F(2,262) = 6.38a.0020t(153) = 1.88b.062t(163) = 3.51b.0006
Categorical variablesc
 Employed9 (17.0)12 (12.0)30 (28.9)χ2(2) = 9.44.009χ2(1) = 0.730.39χ2(1) = 2.65.104
 Prior arrests31 (58.5)59 (60.2)46 (43.0)χ2(2) = 6.97.031χ2(1) = 0.042.84χ2(1) = 3.41.065
 Current AOT6 (11.1)5 (5.1)2 (1.8)χ2(2) = 6.59.037χ2(1) = 1.92.17χ2(1) = 6.66.010
 History of violence38 (70.4)63 (65.6)41 (39.8)χ2(2) = 19.11<.001χ2(1) = 0.35.56χ2(1) = 13.24<.001
 Presented with thoughts to harm others27 (49.1)50 (50.5)14 (12.7)χ2(2) = 39.50<.001χ2(1) = 0.028.87χ2(1) = 25.96<.001
 Recent cannabinoid use25 (45.5)39 (39.0)29 (26.4)χ2(2) = 6.94.031χ2(2) = 0.61.44χ2(2) = 6.07.014
 Recent cocaine use14 (25.5)14 (14.0)33 (30.0)χ2(2) = 7.80.020χ2(2) = 3.15.076χ2(2) = 0.37.54
 Schizophrenia, schizoaffective, or bipolar disorderχ2(4) = 38.09<.001χ2(2) = 1.50.47χ2(2) = 31.62<.001
  None6 (10.9)14 (14.0)37 (33.6)
  Yes, without manic symptoms22 (40.0)47 (47.0)61 (55.5)
  Yes, with manic symptoms27 (49.1)39 (39.0)12 (10.9)
 Unipolar depression1 (1.8)6 (6.0)17 (15.5)χ2(2) = 10.10.006χ2(2) = 1.44.23χ2(2) = 7.02.008
 Intellectual disability5 (9.1)11 (11.0)1 (0.9)χ2(2) = 9.71.008χ2(2) = 0.14.71χ2(2) = 7.00.008
 Antisocial personality disorder or traits7 (12.7)3 (3.0)5 (4.6)χ2(2) = 6.73.035χ2(2) = 5.56.018χ2(2) = 3.64.056
  • Psychiatric emergency room patients with incident reports: n = 55; inpatients with incident reports: n = 100; psychiatric emergency room patients with no incident reports: n = 110. Data are presented as mean ± SD or n (%). The full analysis with all demographic and clinical variables is available in the supplemental materials.

  • a Analysis of variance for parametric continuous variables.

  • b Post hoc analyses without adjustment.

  • c χ2 test for categorical variables.

  • df, degrees of freedom; AOT, assisted outpatient treatment.