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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients

From: Clinical assessment of bipolar depression: validity, factor structure and psychometric properties of the Korean version of the Bipolar Depression Rating Scale (BDRS)

Gender (n, %)

 
 

Male

62 (44.0 %)

 

Female

79 (56.0 %)

Age (year, mean ± SD)

38.6 ± 13.7

Years in education (year, mean ± SD)

13.3 ± 3.2

Marital status (n, %)

 
 

Never married

62 (34.3 %)

 

Married

63 (34.8 %)

 

Divorced/Separated/Widowed

16 (8.9 %)

Diagnosis (n, %)

 
 

Bipolar I disorder

103 (73.0 %)

 

Bipolar II disorder

35 (24.8 %)

 

Bipolar disorder NOS

3 (2.1 %)

Age of onset (year, mean ± SD)

30.1 ± 13.2

Duration of illness (year, mean ± SD)

8.8 ± 9.0

Medication

 
 

MS + AAP

97 (68.8 %)

 

MS + AAP + AD

21 (14.9 %)

 

AAP + AD

11 (7.8 %)

 

MS + AD

6 (4.3 %)

 

AAP monotherapy

5 (3.5 %)

 

MS monotherapy

1 (0.7 %)

Psychiatric comorbidity

 
 

None

120 (85.1 %)

 

Alcohol use disorder

11 (7.8 %)

 

Anxiety disorder

8 (5.7 %)

 

Eating disorder

2 (1.4 %)

Scales (mean ± SD)

 
 

K-BDRS score

25.1 ± 9.3

 

HAMD score

17.4 ± 8.6

 

MADRS score

25.9 ± 10.5

 

YMRS score

4.6 ± 5.3

  1. K-BDRS Korean version of the Bipolar Depression Rating Scale, HAMD Hamilton Depression Scale, MADRS Montgomery and Asberg Depression Scale, YMRS Young Mania Rating Scale, SD standard deviation, MS mood stabilizer, AAP atypical antipsychotic, AD antidepressant