Table 3 Socio-demographic and mental disorder related characteristics for the 'At Home’ participants by need status
Variables | Overall N (%) | HN N (%) | MN N (%) | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Socio-demographics | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Age at enrolment visit (years) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Mean (SD) | 40.8 (11.0) | 39.7 (11.2) | 42.6 (10.5) | 0.004 |
 Median (IQR) | 41 (32–48) | 39 (31–47) | 44 (36–49) | 0.002 |
Male Gender | 359 (73) | 218 (74) | 141 (71) | 0.420 |
Place of birth (Canada) | 431 (87) | 256 (87) | 175 (88) | 0.743 |
Ethnicity | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Aboriginals | 77 (16) | 44 (15) | 33 (16) | 0.844 |
 White | 280 (56) | 170 (57) | 110 (55) |  |
 Other | 140 (28) | 83 (28) | 57 (29) |  |
Incomplete High School | 280 (57) | 179 (61) | 101 (51) | 0.022 |
Single (never married) | 343 (70) | 214 (73) | 129 (65) | 0.043 |
Have children (under18) | 122 (25) | 69 (24) | 53 (27) | 0.483 |
Native Language (English) | 392 (80) | 236 (80) | 156 (78) | 0.696 |
Homelessness | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Precariously housed | 109 (22) | 65 (22) | 44 (22) | 0.976 |
Lifetime duration of homelessness (months) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Mean (SD) | 60.2 (70.3) | 62.0 (67.0) | 57.5 (74.9) | 0.489 |
 Median (IQR) | 36 (12–84) | 42 (12–84) | 36 (12–84) | 0.179 |
Longest duration of homelessness (months) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Mean (SD) | 30.9 (40.1) | 32.2 (40.8) | 28.9 (39.1) | 0.358 |
 Median (IQR) | 12 (6–36) | 18 (6–45) | 12 (6–36) | 0.236 |
Age of first homelessness (years) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Mean (SD) | 30.3 (13.3) | 28.7 (12.5) | 32.6 (14.1) | 0.002 |
 Median (IQR) | 28 (19–41) | 26 (19–36) | 34 (20–44) | 0.003 |
Employment | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Currently employed | 18 (4) | 10 (3) | 8 (4) | 0.722 |
 Worked continuously (>1 year) in past | 323 (65) | 185 (63) | 138 (69) | 0.164 |
 History of any wartime services | 27 (5) | 17 (6) | 10 (5) | 0.697 |
 Willingness to have paid job | 384 (87) | 217 (84) | 167 (90) | 0.102 |
Hospitalized for mental illness (last 5Â years)* | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Over 6 months | 57 (12) | 47 (16) | 10 (5) | <0.001 |
 More than two times | 253 (53) | 197 (69) | 56 (29) | <0.001 |
MINI International | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Neuropsychiatric Interview diagnosis | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Psychotic Disorder/Schizophrenia* | 263 (53) | 211 (71) | 52 (26) | <0.001 |
 Major Depressive Episode | 199 (40) | 95 (32) | 104 (52) | <0.001 |
 Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) | 129 (26) | 63 (21) | 66 (33) | 0.003 |
 Manic or Hypomanic Episode* | 97 (19) | 68 (23) | 29 (14) | 0.021 |
 Panic Disorder | 104 (21) | 59 (20) | 45 (22) | 0.479 |
 Mood disorder with psychotic feature | 84 (17) | 56 (19) | 28 (14) | 0.152 |
 Substance Dependence | 288 (58) | 183 (62) | 105 (52) | 0.043 |
 Alcohol Dependence | 121 (24) | 72 (24) | 49 (24) | 0.948 |
 Suicidality (high or moderate) | 168 (34) | 93 (31) | 75 (37) | 0.153 |
 Two or more mental disorders | 240 (52) | 148(53) | 92 (51) | 0.402 |
 Three or more mental disorders | 114 (25) | 78 (28) | 36 (20) | 0.032 |
Referral sources | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Shelter or transitional housing | 143 (29) | 82 (28) | 61 (31) | <0.001 |
 Housing Lists | 19 (4) | 9 (3) | 10 (5) |  |
 Outreach | 86 (17) | 44 (15) | 42 (21) |  |
 Hospitals | 47 (9) | 35 (12) | 12 (6) |  |
 Aboriginal groups | 15 (3) | 6 (2) | 9 (4) |  |
 Criminal justice | 70 (14) | 59 (20) | 11 (6) |  |
 Drop-in-centers | 65 (13) | 33 (11) | 32 (16) |  |
 Mental health teams | 19 (4) | 13 (4) | 6 (3) |  |
 Other | 16 (3) | 6 (2) | 10 (5) |  |
 Not specified | 17 (3) | 10 (3) | 7 (3) |  |