Admissions to acute adolescent psychiatric units: a prospective study of clinical severity and outcome

Table 3 HoNOSCA total scores at intake according to subgroups

		HoNOSCA *total score* at intake		Test of differences between the subgroups
	N	Mean	SD	t	d.f.	P ^c
All	192	18.5	6.4
Sex:
Female	135	17.7	6.5	2.4	190	0.015*
Male	57	20.2	5.9
Living with both parents:
Yes	60	18.9	6.7	0.6	190	0.521
No	132	18.3	6.3
Child Protection Service involved at intake:
Yes	46	19.1	6.2	0.7	190	0.475
No	146	18.3	6.5
Admission:^a
Compulsory admission	41	21.0	6.1	3.5	121	0.001**
Voluntary admission	82	16.8	6.3
Developmental disorder:
Yes	27	22.7	6.2	3.9	190	< 0.001**
No	165	17.8	6.2
Main disorder^b (grouped):				F	d.f.	P
No disorder from Axis One	31	17.3	7.0	4.6	5	0.001**
Psychosis	22	23.1	6.0
Affective	53	16.9	5.5
Neurotic	34	17.8	6.5
Eating	3	12.0	2.0
Externalizing	49	19.7	6.1

^a Compulsory versus voluntary admission was only relevant and tested for age group ≥ 16 years (N = 123).
^b Main disorder from Axis One in the ICD-10 Multiaxial Classification [43]. We tested differences between these subgroups statistically with ANOVA.
^c We did not correct the P values for multiple comparisons.
* P < 0.05; ** P < 0.01.

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