1385

versus

40-9

[13’77]); (Mann-Whitney

matched for age and

sex

in the St

U test,

p< 0-001)

but

were

Mary’s groups (inpatients, 51-3

[15-1]; outpatients, 50-4 [13-86]).

We asked about twenty indicators of quality of life. Hospital patients were significantly advantaged in respect of attendance at social gatherings (Mann-Whitney test p < 0-05), visits to places of entertainment (p < 0-001, St Mary’s only), the number of meals per week (p < 0.001, Friem only), the number of hot meals (p < 0-001), St Mary’s). As and the number of baths per week (p