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Table 2 Type of mental and somatic health care used from baseline to 4 months. Mean (SD, standard deviation) and median (IQR, interquartile range)

From: Short time effect of a self-referral to inpatient treatment for patients with severe mental disorders: a randomized controlled trial

Mental and somatic health care

Intervention (SRIT)

Treatment as usual (TAU)

P-value a

(N = 26)

(N = 27)

Mean (SD)

Median (IQR)

Mean (SD)

Median (IQR)

Admissions

Total number

2.3 (1.5)

2 (1–4)

1.3 (1.2)

1 (0–2)

0.009

 Self referral (SRIT)

0.8 (0.9)

1 (0–1)

   

 Community mental health center (CMHC)

1.1 (0.9)

1 (0.75–2)

1.0 (0.8)

1 (0–2)

 

 Psychiatric Hospital

0.4 (0.7)

0 (0–1)

0.3 (0.5)

0 (0–0)

 

Inpatient days

Total number

26.9 (28.1)

18.5 (8–34)

25.0 (35.3)

6 (0–39)

0.132

 SRIT

2.9 (3.4)

1.5 (0–5)

   

 CMHC

20.3 (28.9)

11.5 (1.5–26.3)

23.7 (35.0)

5 (0–34)

 

 Psychiatric Hospital

3.7 (9.8)

0 (0–1)

1.0 (2.4)

0 (0–0)

 

Outpatients visits

Total number

12.7 (11.9)

8.5 (3–24.7)

17.7 (15.9)

14 (2–31)

0.388

 Mental health outpatient

4.4 (4.4)

3.5 (1–8)

6.1 (8.6)

2 (0–13)

 

 Psychiatric Ambulatory Rehabilitation Team

5.7 (10.8)

0 (0–3)

9.9 (13.9)

0 (0–23)

 

 Supervised physical training b

1.7 (6.3)

0 (0–0)

1.0 (5.0)

0 (0–0)

 

 Somatic outpatient

0.8 (2.2)

0 (0–0)

0.6 (1.3)

0 (0–1)

 
  1. a Mann-Whitney U test. Only calculated for total number
  2. b Supervised physical training for persons with mental health problems with the possibility for short individual feedback on current health situation