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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the Sample

From: Psychiatric treatment outcomes of travelers admitted to a psychiatric hospital: a retrospective analysis

 

National

Migrant

Traveler

 

n = 14,672

n = 3446

n = 324

SMD

 

M (SD)

M (SD)

M (SD)

 

Age (years)

44.82 (18.40)

39.63 (14.45)

40.09 (13.67)

0.417

 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

 

Sex

   

0.224

 Male

7254 (49.4)

1895 (55.0)

196 (60.5)

 

 Female

7418 (50.6)

1551 (45.0)

128 (39.5)

 

Civil Status

   

0.351

 Married

3126 (21.3)

1057 (30.7)

32 (9.9)

 

 Single

7646 (52.1)

1528 (44.3)

150 (46.3)

 

 Unmarried/Other

3900 (26.6)

861 (25.0)

142 (43.8)

 

Education

   

0.455

 Regular school

7469 (50.9)

1910 (55.4)

216 (66.7)

 

 Apprenticeship

4724 (32.2)

952 (27.6)

46 (14.2)

 

 College/university

2479 (16.9)

584 (16.9)

62 (19.1)

 

Language Distance

   

1.808

 German

13,762 (93.8)

701 (20.3)

122 (37.7)

 

 Germanic

0 (0)

174 (5.0)

33 (10.2)

 

 Indo- European

910 (6.2)

1592 (46.2)

114 (35.2)

 

 Other Language Family

0 (0)

979 (28.4)

55 (17.0)

 

Language Proficiency

   

0.789

 Low

910 (6.2)

907 (26.3)

139 (42.9)

 

Geographic Distance

   

3.428

 Swiss

14,672 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 

 Austria Germany

0 (0)

712 (20.7)

123 (38.0)

 

 Neighbor Country

0 (0)

453 (13.1)

34 (10.5)

 

 Europe/Schengen

0 (0)

549 (15.9)

65 (20.0)

 

 Other Continent

0 (0)

1732 (50.3)

102 (31.5)

 

Type of admission

   

0.513

 Compulsive

4164 (28.4)

893 (25.9)

223 (68.8)

 

 Referral

5386 (36.7)

1389 (40.3)

53 (16.4)

 

 Walk-In

5122 (34.9)

1164 (33.8)

48 (14.8)

 

Admission Ward

   

0.395

 Facultative locked

3996 (27.2)

910 (26.4)

51 (15.7)

 

 Locked ward

6161 (42.0)

1306 (37.9)

233 (71.9)

 

 Open ward

4515 (30.8)

1230 (35.7)

40 (12.3)

 

Main Diagnosis

   

0.638

 Substance Use Disorder

2477 (16.9)

593 (17.2)

34 (10.5)

 

 Anxiety Disorder

2552 (17.4)

747 (21.7)

42 (13.0)

 

 Bipolar Disorder

1163 (7.9)

197 (5.7)

39 (12.0)

 

 Major Depressive Disorder

4738 (32.3)

1138 (33.0)

30 (9.3)

 

 Personality Disorder

1128 (7.7)

222 (6.4)

13 (4.0)

 

 Schizophrenia

2614 (17.8)

549 (15.9)

166 (51.2)

 

Comorbid Disorder

    

 Substance Use

2552 (17.4)

598 (17.4)

27 (8.3)

0.113

 Personality Disorder

1369 (9.3)

252 (7.3)

8 (2.5)

0.184