Gender differences in first episode psychotic mania

BMC Psychiatry

Table 2 Treatment and discharge characteristics of males and females with FEPM

		Gender			95% CI of OR		p value
		Male	Female	OR	LCI	UCI	p value
Variable		(n=71)	(n=47)
Treatment variables
Length of time in service (in weeks)	M (SD)	64.8 (34.1)	59.1 (30.1)	1.01	0.99	1.02	.353
Admitted to hospital (%Yes) ^a	% (n)	91.5 (65)	80.9 (38)	2.71	0.89	8.30	.080
Number of admissions ^a	M (SD)	1.5 (1.1)	1.2 (0.8)	1.36	0.88	2.10	.173
Compliance with treatment (%Yes) ^a	% (n)	56.5 (39)	50.0 (21)	1.28	0.59	2.77	.533
Substance use disorder (SUD) ^{a b}
No SUD	% (n)	23.9 (17)	55.3 (26)	na
Remitted SUD (decreased or stopped)	% (n)	56.3 (40)	25.5 (12)	5.34	2.17	13.14	<.001
Persistent SUD (increased or no change)	% (n)	19.7 (14)	19.1 (9)	2.93	0.97	8.89	.056
Suicide attempt in treatment (%Yes) ^a	% (n)	7.0 (5)	4.3 (2)	1.51	0.27	8.32	.639
Symptoms at discharge
CGI-S severity score ^c	M (SD)	2.2 (1.2)	2.2 (1.2)	0.99	0.69	1.42	.950
CGI-BP depression ^d	M (SD)	1.4 (0.9)	1.4 (1.0)	0.99	0.65	1.49	.953
CGI-BP mania ^e	M (SD)	1.4 (1.0)	1.5 (1.0)	1.03	0.65	1.64	.890
Insight at discharge (%No) ^f	% (n)	7.0 (5)	4.3 (2)	1.88	0.32	11.14	.485
Functional level at discharge
Employment/occupation (%Yes) ^g	% (n)	56.5 (35)	72.5 (29)	0.50	0.19	1.31	.158
GAF ^h	M (SD)	68.8 (14.6)	71.1 (12.3)	0.99	0.96	1.02	.446
Living with family (%Yes) ^'	M (SD)	77.0 (47)	51.3 (20)	4.30	1.44	12.79	.009

Note: OR - odds ratio; LCI - lower confidence interval; UCI - upper confidence interval; CGI-S - Clinical Global Impressions Scale - Severity; CGI-BP - Clinical Global Impressions Scale - Bipolar Disorder; GAF - Global Assessment of Functioning.
^a Covariate was time in service.
^b No substance use was reference category in logistic regression.
^c Covariates were time in service and CGI-S at entry, unadjusted means and standard deviations are reported.
^d Covariates were time in service and CGI-BP depression at entry, unadjusted means and standard deviations are reported.
^e Covariates were time in service and CGI-BP mania at entry, unadjusted means and standard deviations are reported.
^f Covariates were time in service and insight at service entry.
^g Covariates were time in service and employment status at entry.
^h Covariates were time in service and GAF score at entry.
ⁱ Covariates were time in service and living with family at service entry.

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