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Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the three groups A to C (baseline assessment)

From: Diachronic trends of employment outcome of prevocational training in psychiatric rehabilitation

Variable

Groups

Analysis

 
 

A (N = 67), (%)

B (N = 53), (%)

C (N = 56), (%)

Test value

df

p value

Significant pairwise comparisons

Sex (male/female)

43/24 (64%/36%)

39/14 (73%/27%)

36/20 (64%/36%)

1.4a

2

NS

 
 

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

    

Age

28.3

6.0

28.5

5.5

34.9

8.1

18.0b

2

0.000

C > A and B

Years of education

10.9

3.1

11.5

2.6

11.0

3.1

0.6b

2

NS

 

Length of illness (years)

7.2

3.9

7.9

5.1

14.2

7.8

25.6b

2

0.000

C > A and B

GAS/GAF at discharge

59.7

10.6

51.0

10.6

58.6

10.0

11.3b

2

0.000

B < A and C

  1. aMultiple χ2; bone-way analysis of variance (ANOVA).
  2. df = degrees of freedom; GAS/GAF = Global Assessment Scale/Global Assessment of Functioning; NS = not significant.