71 Change in symptom severity and personal recovery Table 1: Baseline demographic characteristics of all participants (n= 105) and those who participated at follow-up (n=49). All participants Follow-up participants Age range (M, SD) 22-71 (48.94, 10.12) 22–67 (49.35, 10.75) Sex (n, %) Male 57 (54.3) 26 (53.1) Female 48 (45.7) 23 (46.9) Primary DSM diagnosis (n, %) Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders 71 (67.6) 34 (69.4) Affective disorder 18 (17.1) 8 (16.3) Personality disorder 9 (8.6) 2 (4.1) Autism spectrum disorder 6 (5.7) 4 (8.2) Substance use disorder 1 (1.0) 1 (2.0) Country of origin (n, %) The Netherlands 66 (62.9) 35 (71.4) Other Western 9 (8.6) 3 (6.1) Non-Western 30 (28.6) 11 (22.4) Marital status (n, %) In a relationship 23 (21.9) 9 (18.4) No relationship 82 (78.1) 40 (81.6) Housing status (n, %) Independent living 99 (85.7) 45 (91.8) Supported housing 15 (14.3) 4 (8.2) Legal status (n, %) Voluntary 90 (85.7) 44 (89.8) Non-voluntary 15 (14.3) 5 (10.2) Baseline and follow-up scores of the BPRS and the MHRM of the total group of participants (n=49) can be found in supplement table 1. Comparing baseline scores for BPRS and MHRM total and subscale scores with an independent samples t-test revealed no significant differences between respondents who participated at followup and those that did not (see supplement table 2). Figure 1 shows a scatter plot of symptom severity versus personal recovery change scores (MHRM total score). It can be seen that on a group level the change in either symptom severity and personal recovery is small, but individual change can be substantial. 4
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