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Table 2 Characteristics of the participants (n = 13)

From: Like a hotel, but boring: users’ experience with short-time community-based residential aftercare

Characteristics

N (%) or Mean (SD, range)

Gender

-female

3 (23%)

-male

10 (77%)

Age

-Mean age in yrs. (SD, range)

42 (13.0, 20 to 63)

Living situation

-homeless

3 (23%)

-living alone

11 (85%)

-with wife/husband/live-in partner

1 (8%)

-with children

2 (15%)

Employment status

-full-time employment

1 (8%)

-unemployed

8 (62%)

-disability pension

4 (31%)

Main diagnosis - ICD-10 code

-mental and behavioral disorders (F10)

2 (15%)

-schizophrenia, schizotypal, delusional disorders (F20)

2 (15%)

-mood (affective) disorders (F30)

5 (38%)

-behavioral and personality disorders (F60)

3 (23%)

-Other organic personality and behavioral disorders due to brain disease, damage, and dysfunction (F07.8)

1 (8%)

Length of stay at the CRA

-median (range) and mean (SD) duration in weeks

5 (3 to 24), 8.9 (7.4)a

Time of interview

-during the stay

7 (54%)

-after discharge

6 (46%)

  1. aThe reason for the high mean were three homeless patients staying respectively 19, 21 and 24 weeks waiting for residence. The range in length of stay without these participants was 3 to 8 weeks and the mean 5.2 weeks