Table 2

Age, length of hospitalization, time of assessment, educational level, social class, clinical variables in the non-hostile, hostile and violent groups


No hostility
Hostility
Violence
Variance analysis
Df
Bonferroni test; p < .05

Age (years)
42.2 (± 13.8)
41.9 (± 14.4)
36.3 (± 12.3)
F = 6.02
P = .002
2341
1 vs 3 = yes
2 vs 3 = yes
1 vs 2 = no
Hospitalization (days)
9.7 (± 12.5)
12.8 (± 13.8)
20.7 (± 17.4)
F = 32.99
P = .000
2348
1 vs 3 = yes
2 vs 3 = yes
1 vs 2 = yes
Interval admission/complete assessment (days)
3.0 (± 4.6)
4.0 (± 6.0)
5.8 (± 7.5)
F = 9.73
P = .000
1279
3 vs 1 = yes
2 vs 1 = yes
3 vs 2 = no
Education level (years)
10.5 (± 4.0)
10.9 (± 3.8)
10.7 (± 3.4)
F = 1.52
P = .220
1370
NS
Social class
14.3 (± 4.2)
14.2 (± 4.4)
13.6 (± 3.7)
F = 0.6
P = .546
1353
NS
GAF (current score)
24.6 (± 7.9)
23.3 (± 6.9)
19.8 (± 7.6)
F = 12.24
P = .000
1339
1 vs 3 = yes
1 vs 2 = yes
2 vs 3 = yes
GAF (best score in the last year)
49.6 (± 14.5)
47.2 (± 13.7)
41.1 (± 13.3)
F = 11.06
P = .000
1296
1 vs 3 = yes
1 vs 2 = yes
2 vs 3 = yes
Age at the beginning of illness (years)
29.4 (± 13.7)
27.0 (± 12.8)
21.9 (± 8.8)
F = 6.84
P = .001
933
1 vs 3 = yes
1 vs 2 = yes
2 vs 3 = no
BPRS total
57.0 (± 13.2)
61.4 (± 13.3)
61.5 (± 13.6 =
F = 17.49
P = .000
1278
NS
BPRS psychotic cluster
10.2 (± 5.1)
11.6 (± 5.1)
11.2 (± 4.8)
F = 11.85
P = .000
1278
2 vs 1 = yes
2 vs 3 = no
3 vs 1 = no
BPRS withdrawal/retardation
7.6 (± 4.4)
6.2 (± 3.9)
7.6 (± 4.3)
F = 15.96
P = .000
1278
NS
BPRS hostility/agitation
6.6 (± 3.0)
9.7 (± 3.6)
9.9 (± 4.4)
F = 138.93
P = .000
1278
3 vs 1 = yes
2 vs 1 = yes
3 vs 2 = no
BPRS anxiety/depression
9.9 (± 4.5)
8.1 (± 4.1)
7.6 (± 4.0)
F = 28.60
P = .000
1278
1 vs 3 = yes
1 vs 2 = yes
2 vs 3 = no
SAPS
33.1 (± 23.6)
41.3 (± 22.1)
42.1 (± 20.4)
F = 20.83
P = .000
1278
3 vs 1 = yes
2 vs 1 = yes
3 vs 2 = no
SANS
48.4 (± 24.7)
43.6 (± 23.6)
55.1 (± 21.6)
F = 8.99
P = .000
1279
2 vs 3 = yes
2 vs 1 = yes
3 vs 1 = no
MMSE
26.5 (± 3.3)
26.4 (± 2.9)
26.0 (± 4.3)
F = 0.59
P = .557
1231
NS
UPDRS total
7.1 (± 6.4)
6.0 (± 5.5)
7.4 (± 8.2)
F = 5.19
P = .557
1206
NS
UPDRS rigidity
0.5 (± 0.7)
0.4 (± 0.6)
0.5 (± 0.7)
F = 3.77
P = .023
1206
1 vs 2 = yes
1 vs 3 = no
3 vs 2 = no
UPDRS tremor
1.5 (± 1.7)
1.2 (± 1.5)
1.6 (± 1.6)
F = 4.43
P = .012
1206
NS
UPDRS akinesia
0.9 (± 1.2)
0.7 (± 1.0)
0.7 (± 1.3)
F = 4.25
P = .015
1204
1 vs 2 = yes
1 vs 3 = no
3 vs 2 = no
Barnes akathisia scale
0.5 (± 1.0)
0.4 (± 0.9)
0.5 (± 1.0)
F = 1.52
P = .220
1203
NS

Raja and Azzoni Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health 2005 1:11   doi:10.1186/1745-0179-1-11