Research Article

The Brief Symptom Inventory and the Outcome Questionnaire-45 in the Assessment of the Outcome Quality of Mental Health Interventions

Table 1

Descriptive statistics of the analyzed samples.

Sample 1
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Sample 2
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Sample 3
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Sex
 Female1424 (49.2%)1532 (53.2%)162 (67.8%)
 Male1470 (50.8%)1345 (46.8%)77 (32.2%)
Education
 Low1005 (34.7%)895 (31.1%)24 (10.0%)
 Middle1461 (50.5%)1488 (51.7%)86 (36.0%)
 High428 (14.8%)494 (17.2%)129 (54.0%)
Income
 Salary729 (25.2%)687 (23.9%)185 (77.4%)
 Sickness/disability benefit1060 (36.6%)1147 (39.9%)23 (9.6%)
 Social welfare payments425 (14.7%)373 (13.0%)3 (1.3%)
 Old age insurance232 (8.0%)292 (10.1%)7 (2.9%)
 Other448 (15.5%)378 (13.1%)21 (8.8%)
GAF47.0 (17.2)38.5 (14.3)60.5 (13.1)
Principal diagnosis (ICD-10/DSM-IV)F1: 884 (30.6%)F1: 594 (20.6%)Mood: 107 (44.8%)
F2: 681 (23.5%)F2: 649 (22.6%)Anxiety: 65 (27.2%)
F3: 706 (24.4%)F3: 927 (32.2%)Adjustment: 45 (18.8%)
F4: 386 (13.3%)F4: 461 (16.0%)Other: 22 (9.2%)
F6: 237 (8.2%)F6: 246 (8.6%)
Duration of treatment36.7 days (38.1)36.0 days (31.7)41.3 sessions (34.2)
Type of discharge
 Mutual consent2327 (80.4%)2489 (86.5%)180 (75.3%)
 Decided by the patient221 (7.6%)117 (4.1%)46 (19.2%)
 Decided by the treating person215 (7.4%)181 (6.3%)11 (4.6%)
 Other131 (4.6%)90 (3.1%)2 (0.1%)