Staff ratings of occupational engagement among people with severe mental illness – psychometric properties of a screening tool in the day center context

Table 1 Characteristics of the study participants

Characteristics	Sample 1N = 93	Sample 2^a N = 41
Age, mean (SD)	46 (10)	50 (10)
Gender: males; %	59	58
Civil status; married; %	19	17
Housing situation; %
Independent living	64	73
Supported housing or housing support	36	21
Educational level; %
Completed compulsory school or lower	47	33
Completed 6th form college or higher	53	67
Self-reported diagnoses %
Schizophrenia and other psychosis	45	29
Mood disorders	21	29
Anxiety, phobia and stress disorders	20	18
Other diagnoses (mainly a personality or neuropsychiatric disorder)	15	24
Hours per week at the day center; mean (min-max)	13 (2–40)	17 (2–35)

The total number of participants varies somewhat between the variables due to missing data
^aSample 2 was used for test-retest stability only, whereas Sample 1 was used for all other analyses

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