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Table 1 Patient demographics and clinical characteristics at baseline

From: The efficacy and safety of once-daily quetiapine extended release in patients with schizophrenia switched from other antipsychotics: an open-label study in Chinese population

 

Overall (n  = 60)

Insufficient response (n  = 39)

Insufficient tolerability (n  = 21)

Gender, n (%)

 Male

37 (61.7)

22 (56.4)

15 (71.4)

 Female

23 (38.3)

17 (43.6)

6 (28.6)

Age, years (SD)c

38.0 (10.7)

40.5 (10.5)*

33.3 (9.9)*

Marital status, n (%)a

 Single

42 (70.0)

25 (64.1)

17 (81.0)

 Married

11 (18.3)

9 (23.1)

2 (9.5)

 Divorced

4 (6.7)

3 (7.7)

1 (4.8)

 Widowed

2 (3.3)

2 (5.1)

0 (0.0)

Employment status, n (%)a

 Employed

12 (20.0)

8 (20.5)

4 (19.0)

 Student/Retired

4 (6.7)

1 (2.6)

3 (14.3)

 Unemployed

43 (71.7)

30 (76.9)

13 (61.9)

Psychiatric history

 Disease duration, years (SD)

12.5 (9.3)

13.2 (9.6)

11.3 (8.8)

 Number of schizophrenic episodes over lifetime, n (SD)

3.6 (2.7)

3.2 (2.1)

4.3 (3.5)

 Presence of family members with schizophrenia, n (%)

9 (15.0)

4 (10.3)

5 (23.8)

Psychoactive medication at base, n (%)

 Any antipsychotics

59b (98.3)

38b (97.4)

21 (100.0)

  Risperidone

15 (25.0)

8 (20.5)

7 (33.3)

  Quetiapine IR

11 (18.3)

8 (20.5)

3 (14.3)

  Sulpiride

9 (15.0)

8 (20.5)

1 (4.8)

  Amisulpride

6 (10.0)

3 (7.7)

3 (14.3)

  Aripiprazole

5 (8.3)

3 (7.7)

2 (9.5)

  Olanzapine

5 (8.3)

3 (7.7)

2 (9.5)

  Ziprasidone

4 (6.7)

3 (7.7)

1 (4.8)

  Clozapine

3 (5.0)

1 (2.6)

2 (9.5)

Mean (SD) baseline scores

 PANSS

84.4 (17.7)

85.9 (17.5)

81.7 (18.2)

 CGI-S

4.7 (0.7)

4.7 (0.7)

4.7 (0.7)

  1. aOne patient with insufficient tolerance had no reported marital status and employment status.
  2. bOne patient with insufficient response had received no antipsychotics before entering the trial; Two patients did not report their previous antipsychotics.
  3. *p < .05, ct test = 2.595, p = .012