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Table 2 Adherence to antipsychotic medication, use of depot antipsychotics, psychotic symptoms, relapse and admittances to hospital through two years in recent onset schizophrenia.

From: Non-adherence to antipsychotic medication, relapse and rehospitalisation in recent-onset schizophrenia

 

Adherence with oral or depot antipsychotics

Adherence with oral antipsychotics

Use of depot antipsychotics

 

Good N = 34

Not good N = 16

Chi Squ

P

Good N = 28

Not good N = 22

Chi Squ

P

Not use N = 38

Use N = 12

Chi Squ

P

Persistent psychotic

6 (18%)

7 (44%)

3.85

.050

4 (14%)

9 (41%)

4.54

.033

8 (21%)

5 (42%)

2.01

.156

Relapse

6 (18%)

11 (69%)

12.66

.000

3 (11%)

14 (64%)

15.38

.000

9 (24%)

8 (67%)

7.51

.006

Admitted to hospital

10 (29%)

10 (63%)

4.96

.026

9 (32%)

11 (50%)

1.64

.201

13 (34%)

7 (58%)

2.21

.137

 

Median (Range)

Median (Range)

P

Median (Range)

Median (Range)

P

Median (Range)

Median (Range)

P

Days in hospital

0 (0–295)

12 (0–264)

 

.038

0 (0–295)

1 (0–264)

 

.242

0 (0–295)

12 (0–264)

 

.133

Nb of hospitalisations

0 (0–7)

1 (0–16)

 

.011

0 (0–4)

1 (0–16)

 

.074

0 (0–4)

1 (0–16)

 

.048

Days inpatient coercion

0 (0–235)

0 (0–332)

 

.004

0 (0–235)

0 (0–332)

 

.013

0 (0–332)

10 (0–262)

 

.008

Days outpatient coercion

0 (0–514)

0 (0–365)

 

.049

0 (0–17)

0 (0–514)

 

.006

0 (0–360)

0 (0–514)

 

.004

GAF two years

59 (15–91)

48 (32–85)

 

.116

64 (34–91)

48 (15–85)

 

.014

61 (32–91)

50 (15–65)

 

.065

GAF change

7 (-19–16)

2 (-24–18)

 

.154

9 (-15–45)

0 (-20–33)

 

.008

8 (-20–45)

0 (-18–15)

 

.040