Research Article

30-Month Follow-Up of Individual Placement and Support (IPS) and Cognitive Remediation for People with Severe Mental Illness: Results from a Randomized Clinical Trial

Table 4

Comparison of the use of psychiatry in the 30 months of follow-up for 720 patients with severe mental illness randomized to IPS, IPSE, and SAU.

OutcomesIPSIPSESAUIPS vs. SAUIPSE vs. SAUIPSE vs. IPS
Mean (SD)Median (IqR)Mean (SD)Median (IqR)Mean (SD)Median (IqR) values values values

Outpatient visits48.8 (40.1)43.0 (16.5-68.5)47.8 (48.3)33.5 (15.0-62.5)55.4 (49.5)41.0 (22.0-74.0)0.2400.0170.268
Outpatient course2.8 (3.3)2.0 (1.0-3.0)2.5 (2.7)2.0 (1.0-3.0)2.9 (3.3)2.0 (1.0-4.0)0.8090.2580.388
Emergency visits0.15 (0.91)0.00 (0.00-0.00)0.21 (0.83)0.00 (0.00-0.00)0.10 (0.36)0.00 (0.00-0.00)0.2970.3630.057
Hospitalisations1.3 (2.9)0.0 (0.0-1.0)1.0 (2.3)0.0 (0.0-1.0)1.3 (2.8)0.0 (0.0-1.0)0.2420.2690.886
Days hospitalized21.9 (62.2)0.0 (0.0-10.0)18.9 (50.4)0.0 (0.0-5.0)30.9 (85.6)0.0 (0.0-12.5)0.3130.3360.895
(%) (%) (%) values values values
Outpatient visits242 (99.6)233 (97.9)234 (97.9)0.0970.9960.096
Emergency visits13 (5.3)24 (10.1)19 (7.9)0.2520.4170.052
Hospitalisations76 (31.3)80 (33.6)89 (37.2)0.1680.4090.585