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Table 1 Baseline demographics and clinical characteristics of hallucinations group

From: Hallucinations in acutely admitted patients with psychosis, and effectiveness of risperidone, olanzapine, quetiapine, and ziprasidone: a pragmatic, randomized study

 

Randomization groups

 

Characteristics

Risperidone (N = 37)

Olanzapine (N = 37)

Quetiapine (N = 38)

Ziprasidone (N = 42)

All patients (N = 154)

 

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

Gender

          
 

Male

28

75.7

24

64.9

24

63.2

25

59.5

101

65.6

Antipsychotic naïve

13

36.1

14

37.8

21

55.3

22

52.4

70

45.8

Alcohol last 6 months

          
 

None

11

29.7

6

16.2

5

13.2

8

19.5

30

19.6

 

Misuse

3

8.1

4

10.8

9

23.7

4

9.8

20

13.1

Drugs last 6 months

          
 

None

19

52.8

26

70.3

28

73.7

26

63.4

99

65.1

 

Misuse

11

30.6

6

16.2

5

13.1

9

21.9

31

20.4

Diagnosis 1

          
 

Schz and rel.

18

52.9

16

44.5

24

63.1

20

51.3

78

53.1

 

Acute

2

5.9

8

22.2

3

7.9

4

10.3

17

11.6

 

Drug-induced

8

23.5

4

11.1

6

15.8

5

12.8

23

15.6

 

Affective

3

8.8

4

11.1

3

7.9

3

7.7

13

8.8

 

Rest

3

8.7

4

11.1

2

5.2

7

18.0

16

11.0

  

Mean

SD

Mean

SD/Range

Mean

SD/Range

Mean

SD/Range

Mean

SD

Age

32.9

12.0

30.1

11.9

35.8

12.8

29.1

11.5

31.9

12.2

PANSS Total

76.8

13.5

77.2

14.2

76.2

14.6

74.4

12.8

76.1

13.7

PANSS Positive

20.2

4.6

21.7

4.6

21.0

4.2

20.4

4.6

20.8

4.5

PANSS Negative

21.7

8.0

18.7

7.9

19.8

7.2

19.0

7.0

19.8

7.5

PANSS General

34.8

6.5

36.9

7.8

35.3

7.3

35.0

6.7

35.5

7.1

CDSS

7.2

5.8

7.0

4.5

7.1

4.6

7.6

6.0

7.2

5.2

GAF-F

31.4

5.3

29.3

5.6

30.6

7.3

29.9

6.7

30.3

6.3

CGI

5.3

0.6

5.3

0.7

5.3

0.6

5.1

0.5

5.3

0.6

  1. Notes: N = number of patients; SD = standard deviation; Antipsychotic naïve = No lifetime exposure to antipsychotic drugs before index admission; First admission = Index admission was the first admission to a mental hospital; Misuse = Misuse or dependence according to Drake et al. [15]; Schz and rel. = Schizophrenia and related disorders: Schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, acute polymorphic psychotic disorder with symptoms of schizophrenia, acute schizophrenia-like psychotic disorder, delusional disorder; Acute = Acute psychosis other than those categorized under Schz and rel.; Affective = Affective psychosis; Rest = Miscellaneous psychotic disorders. All diagnoses are according to ICD-10; PANSS = the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale; CDSS = the Calgary Depression Scale for Schizophrenia; GAF-F = the Global Assessment of Functioning, Split Version, Functions scale; CGI = the Clinical Global Impression, Severity of Illness Scale.
  2. 1 Patients with missing diagnoses are not included in the list.