Table 1

Characteristics of 328 Patients Undergoing Competence Restoration and Performance of Each Characteristic as a Predictorof Restoration

CharacteristicRestoredNot RestoredTest Statisticsp
Sex
    Female2818χ2 = 2.2 (df = 1)0.14
    Male20280
Age
    Mean ± SD35.5 ± 11.839.0 ± 11.2U = 13,3790.0074
    Range18.1–79.218.2–84.5
Ethnicity
    African-American139430.014*
    European-American8853
    Other32
Marital status
    Never married141650.61*
    Married143
    Divorced/separated4923
    Widowed31
    Unknown236
Intellectual functioning
    Mental retardation1517χ2 = 11.5 (df = 2)0.0073
    Borderline205
    Others19576
Most serious charge
    Felony20167χ2 = 16.6 (df = 1)<10−5
    Misdemeanor2931
Admission period
    Before mid-199712362χ2 = 2.7 (df = 1)0.10
    After mid-199710736
Clinical syndrome
    Schizophrenia/schizoaffective103630.0095*†
    Major mood disorders337
    Psychosis NOS6018
    Malingering80
    Other diagnoses‡2610
Symptom Clusters
    Manic excitement/disorganization36150.31*
    Depression/anxiety50
    Negative symptoms60
    Positive symptoms10451
    No predominance7932
Substance use disorder
    Present12441χ2 = 8.6 (df = 1)0.0033
    Absent10657
Prior hospitalizations
    Mean ± SD3.23 ± 5.996.24 ± 7.62U = 14,931.5<10−5
    Range0–370–39
Previous LOS
    Mean ± SD232 ± 6421,018 ± 1,637U = 15,699.5<10−5
    Range0–63010–8855

  • ↵* By two-sided Fisher exact test for 2× N tables.

  • ↵† Post hoc test, schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder versus other disorders: χ2 = 10.5 (df = 1), p = 0.0012.

  • ↵‡ This category included patients with various dementias and cognitive disorders, substance-induced disorders, delusional disorder, dysthymic disorder, paraphilias, adjustment disorders, impulse control disorders, and expressive language disorder. It also included patients without primary Axis I disorders (e.g., individuals with personality disorders or mental retardation).