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Table 1 Person demographics and illness characteristics at baseline

From: The Scandinavian Solutions for Wellness study - a two-arm observational study on the effectiveness of lifestyle intervention on subjective well-being and weight among persons with psychiatric disorders

Person Characteristics

SfW N = 314

Control N = 59

P-Values

Female patients, n (%)

180 (57.3)

30 (50.8)

0.3574

Agea, yrs, (± SD)

41.2 (± 11.97)

39.9 (± 12.55)

0.4532

Weighta, kg, (± SD)

93.5 (± 20.88)

87.6 (± 18.53)

0.0437*

Heighta, cm, (± SD)

171.6 (± 9.43)

171.8 (± 9.35)

0.8765

BMIa, kg/m2, (± SD)

31.7 (± 6.48)

29.6 (± 5.33)

0.0173*

Waist circumferencea, cm, (± SD)

107.5(± 18.52)

105.9 (± 18.90)

0.5544

Waist circumference Sensitivity analysisa, cm (± SD)

106.4 (± 16.37)

103.5(± 13.89)

0.2115

15D total score a, (± SD)

0.814 (± 0.12)

0.857(± 0.09)

0.0085*

SWN total score a, (± SD)

80.5 (± 15.97

87.9 (± 18.35)

0.0016*

Clinical Characteristics

Psychiatric Diagnosis

  

0.0627

Schizophrenia n (%)

163 (51.9)

40 (67.8)

 

Bipolar Disorder n (%)

28 (8.9)

5 (8.5)

 

Other n (%)

123 (39.2)

14 (23.7)

 

Time since diagnosisa, b, yrs, (± SD)

9.47 (9.68)

11.36 (12.27)

0.1911

CGI-S total scorea, (± SD)

4.1 (± 0.99)

3.4 (± 1.59)

< 0.0001

Psychotropic medication

Atypical antipsychotics n (%) c

203 (64.6)

46 (78.0)

 

Antidepressants n (%)

124 (39.5)

12 (20.3)

 

Typical Antipsychotics n (%)

70 (22.3)

14 (23.7)

 
  1. * = Significant differences between groups a = mean values, SWN = Subjective Well-being under Neuroleptics Scale, SfW = Solutions for Wellness group, 15D = 15 dimensions quality of life instrument, bN patients = 307 and 59 respectively The most common atypical antipsychotic drugs in the SfW group were olanzapine and risperidone (17% of the patients each), and in the control group the most common atypical antipsychotics were olanzapine and quetiapine (25% and 20% each).