Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics according to the criminal status. Statistical analysis was made using Fisher exact, unpaired Student’s t and Mann–Whitney U tests
From: Prison inmates with court-ordered treatments: are they really different?
Criminal status | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Usual detention | Court-ordered treatments | Total | P | |
N | 139 | 61 | 200 | |
Age | 31.7 ± 10.0 | 35.1 ± 10.7 | 32.8 ± 10.3 | 0.038 |
Sex women | 19 (13.7%) | 8 (13.1%) | 27 (13.5%) | 1.000 |
Marital status | 0.013 | |||
Married | 32 (23.0%) | 4 (6.6%) | 36 (18.0%) | |
Separated–divorced–widowed | 22 (15.8%) | 13 (21.3%) | 35 (17.5%) | |
Single | 85 (61.2%) | 44 (72.1%) | 129 (64.5%) | |
Education (more than 9 years) | 22 (15.8%) | 21 (34.4%) | 43 (21.5%) | 0.005 |
Language French | 85 (61.2%) | 44 (72.1%) | 129 (64.5%) | 0.016 |
Language Arabic | 43 (30.9%) | 7 (11.5%) | 50 (25.0%) | 0.004 |
Language English | 11 (7.9%) | 10 (16.4%) | 21 (10.5%) | 0.083 |
Use of acute care | < 0.001 | |||
Single users | 84 (60.4%) | 16 (26.2%) | 100 (50.0%) | |
Frequent users | 55 (39.6%) | 45 (73.8%) | 69 (34.5%) | |
Religious group | 0.048 | |||
None | 46 (33.1%) | 18 (29.5%) | 64 (32.0%) | |
Christian | 37 (26.6%) | 25 (41.0%) | 62 (31.0%) | |
Muslim | 54 (38.8%) | 15 (24.6%) | 69 (34.5%) | |
Other | 2 (1.5%) | 3 (4.9%) | 5 (2.5%) | |
Religious practice | 6 (4.3%) | 8 (13.1%) | 14 (7.0%) | 0.035 |
Psychiatric outpatient care | 97 (69.8%) | 59 (96.7%) | 156 (78.0%) | < 0.001 |
Suicidal behavior | 67 (48.2%) | 24 (39.3%) | 91 (45.5%) | 0.282 |
Adjustment disorder | 38 (27.3%) | 1 (1.6%) | 39 (19.5%) | < 0.001 |
Bipolar disorder | 6 (4.3%) | 3 (4.9%) | 9 (4.5%) | 1.000 |
Depressive disorder | 11 (7.9%) | 3 (4.9%) | 14 (7.0%) | 0.558 |
Personality disorder | 40 (28.8%) | 19 (31.1%) | 59 (29.5%) | 0.739 |
Psychotic disorder | 41 (29.5%) | 35 (57.4%) | 76 (38.0%) | < 0.001 |