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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population (N = 199)

From: Providing support to psychiatric patients living in the community in Japan: patient needs and care providers perceptions

  

Mean

SD

Range

Age

 

44.0-

11.6

22–73

   

N

%

Sex

Male

 

136

68.3

Resident state

Home owner

 

102

51.3

 

Rental housing

 

66

33.2

 

Group home

 

15

7.5

 

Communal dwelling

 

5

2.5

 

Skills training accommodations

 

7

3.5

 

Other

 

4

2.0

Job Status

Unemployed

 

114

57.3

 

Full-time

 

4

2.0

 

Part-time

 

20

10.1

 

Vocational aid center

 

44

22.1

 

Other

 

17

8.5

Diagnosis

Schizophrenia

 

153

76.9

 

Mood disorder

 

17

8.5

 

Substance-related disorder

 

2

1.0

 

Psychoneurosis

 

7

3.5

 

Personality disorder

 

2

1.0

 

Other

 

18

9.0

Experience of admission

Never

 

27

13.6

 

In a year

 

25

12.6

 

More than a year ago

 

143

71.9

Total duration of hospital stay

Zero

 

27

13.6

 

Less than 1 year

 

47

23.6

 

1 – 10 years

 

100

50.3

 

10 – 20 years

 

14

7.0

 

20 years and more

 

3

1.5