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Table 1 Participant population characteristics at study entry

From: Treatment and outcomes of an Australian cohort of outpatients with bipolar I or schizoaffective disorder over twenty-four months: implications for clinical practice

Characteristic

SAD

BDI

All

 

n = 64

n = 175

N = 239

Demographics

   

Age, mean (range), years

39.6 (20–66)

42.6 (19–79)

41.8 (18–79)

Gender, women,%;

50.0%;

61.1%;

58.3%;

Clinical status

   

Age at first symptoms of mental illness, median (range), years

18 (5–43)

17 (3–65)

17.5 (3–65)

CGI-BP-S overall score, mean (SD)

3.7 (1.2)

3.9 (1.4)

3.8 (1.3)

YMRS total score, median (range)

4.5 (0–39)

5.0 (0–45)

5.0 (0–45)

HAMD21 total score, mean (SD)

15.5 (8.4)

12.7 (8.5)

13.4 (8.6)*

At least 1 hospital admission; past 3 months,%;

35.9%;

32.0%;

33.1%;

Functional status

   

EQ-5D health state score, mean (SD)

61.6 (22.7)

68.2 (18.8)

66.4 (20.1)*

Daily smoker,%;

56.3%;

49.1%;

51.0%;

Daily alcohol consumption; past 3 months,%;

4.7%;

13.1%;

10.9%;

Alcohol dependence; past 12 months,%;

14.1%;

18.3%;

17.2%;

Unemployed,%;

48.4%;

22.3%;

29.3%;*

Employed/studying/housework,%;

43.8%;

68.6%;

61.9%;*

Have a partner,%;

26.6%;

46.9%;

41.4%;*

Considered suicide in the past month,%;

75.0%;

58.9%;

63.2%;*

  1. Abbreviations: BD = bipolar I disorder; CGI-BP-S = Clinical Global Impressions-Bipolar Version – Severity of Illness scale (range 1–7); EQ-5D = EuroQol instrument; HAMD21 = 21-item Hamilton Depression Rating scale; SAD = schizoaffective disorder; SD = standard deviation; YMRS = Young Mania Rating Scale. *Indicates statistical significance (p < 0.05) for comparison of BD and SAD participants. All p values are based on Fisher’s exact test except for HAMD21 and EQ-5D scores, which were tested using F-test analysis of variance.
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BMC Psychiatry

ISSN: 1471-244X

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