Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristics of subjects
From: Psychosis among "healthy" siblings of schizophrenia patients
Patients | Psychotic siblings | Non psychotic siblings | Comparison group | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
N | 124 | 30 | 153 | 111 |
Age at evaluation, y, mean (SD), (min, max) | 46.0 (7.3) (31.2 – 64.9) | 44.4 (6.3) (32.0 – 61.0) | 46.4 (8.8) (24.0 – 72.0) | 50.3 (12.3) (30.3–78.0) |
Sex of subjects, % male | 81 65.3 % | 16 53.3% | 73 47.7% | 56 50.5% |
Education, y, mean (SD) | 9.5 (2.3) | 10.5 (2.1) | 11.4 (3.0) | 11.7 (4.0) |
Ever had psychiatric treatment/medication | 123 99.2 % | 22 73.3 % | 46 30.1 % | 31 27.9% |
Ever treated in psychiatric hospital | 121 97.5% | 9 30.0% | 11 7.2% | 4 3.6 % |
Current psychiatric treatment/medication | 117 94.4 % | 13 43.3 % | 19 12.4 % | 16 14.4% |
Current use of psychiatric medicine | 117 94.4 % | 13 43.3 % | 19 12.4 % | 12 10.8% |
Antipsychotics | 116 93.5 % | 8 26.8 % | 4 2.6 % | 3 2.7% |
Antidepressants | 25 20.2 % | 9 30.0 % | 6 3.9 % | 4 6.6% |
Anxiolytics or sedatives | 54 43.5 % | 10 33.3 % | 8 5.2 % | 5 4.5% |
GAF current (SD) | 36.3 (11.3) | 54.9 (11.8) | 77.5 (12.5) | 79.2 (12.9) |