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Table 2 Factors associated with relapse during the 24 months of follow-up in the multivariate Cox proportional-hazards models: Adjusted Hazard Ratio (HR) and its corresponding 95% confidence interval (95% CI)

From: Quality of life is predictive of relapse in schizophrenia

 

SF-36 Model

QoLI Model

 

HR

95% IC

p-value

HR

95% IC

p-value

Quality of life

SF36 - Physical Composite Score *

0.82

(0.74;0.91)

p < 0.001

-

-

-

SF36 - Mental Composite Score **

0.88

(0.81;0.96)

p = 0.002

-

-

-

QoLI - OLS score***

-

-

-

0.91

(0.81;1.01)

p = 0.083

Socio-demographic characteristics

Age

0.98

(0.98;0.99)

p = 0.001

0.98

(0.98;0.99)

p < 0.001

Gender (Male)

1.06

(0.88;1.30)

p = 0.532

1.12

(0.93;1.34)

p = 0.249

Severity of symptoms: PANSS1

Positive PANSS score

0.99

(0.97;1.02)

p = 0.514

0.99

(0.97;1.02)

p = 0.560

Negative PANSS score

1.01

(0.99;1.03)

p = 0.248

1.00

(0.98;1.02)

p = 0.969

General Psychopathology PANSS score

0.99

(0.97;1.01)

p = 0.419

1.00

(0.98;1.02)

p = 0.937

Functioning

GAF2

0.98

(0.97;0.99)

p < 0.001

0.98

(0.97;0.99)

p < 0.001

Side Effects

BAS3

0.99

(0.95;1.02)

p = 0.497

1.00

(0.97;1.03)

p = 0.844

Medication

Second-generation antipsychotics (Yes)

1.07

(0.88;1.29)

p = 0.508

1.13

(0.94;1.36)

p = 0.195

Attitude towards medication: ROMI4

ROMI compliance score

0.97

(0.94;0.99)

p = 0.041

0.97

(0.95;1.00)

p = 0.063

  1. 1 Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale; 2Global Assessment Functioning; 5Barnes Akathisia score; 4Rating of Medication Influences Scale.
  2. * HR for the SF36 - Physical Composite Score should be interpreted this way, “an increase of 10 points on the Physical Composite Score multiplied by 0.82 the instantaneous risk of relapse at 24 months”;
  3. ** HR for the SF36 - Mental Composite Score should be interpreted this way, “an increase of 10 points on the Mental Composite Score multiplied by 0.88 the instantaneous risk of relapse at 24 months”;
  4. *** HR for the QoLI - OLS score should be interpreted this way, “an increase of 1 point on the QoLI score multiplied by 0.91 the instantaneous risk of relapse at 24 months”.