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.