Hazardous alcohol use in a sample of first episode psychosis patients in Singapore

BMC Psychiatry

Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the sample

Variables	Hazardous Alcohol Use (N = 36)		No Hazardous Alcohol Use (N = 244)		Total (N = 280)
Variables	N	%	N	%	N	%
Age
15–20	7	19.4	62	25.4	69	24.6
21–30	18	50.0	124	50.8	142	50.7
31–40	11	30.6	58	23.8	69	24.6
Gender
Male	22	61.1	120	49.2	138	49.3
Female	14	38.9	124	50.8	142	50.7
Ethnicity
Chinese	27	75.0	173	70.9	200	71.4
Malay	0	0.0	42	17.2	42	15.0
Indian	7	19.4	24	9.8	31	11.1
Others	2	5.6	5	2.0	7	2.5
Religion
Christian	8	22.2	64	26.2	72	25.7
Buddhist	10	27.8	64	26.2	74	26.4
Muslim	2	5.6	54	22.1	56	20.0
Others	16	44.4	62	25.4	78	27.9
Education
Secondary and below	13	36.1	64	26.2	77	27.5
Pre-tertiary/ Diploma/ Other	18	50.0	133	54.5	151	53.9
Tertiary	5	13.9	47	19.3	52	18.6
Work Status
Working/ National Service	20	55.6	98	40.2	118	42.1
Student/ Housewife	5	13.9	73	29.9	78	27.9
Unemployed	11	30.6	67	27.5	78	27.9
Smoking Status
Current Smoker	23	63.9	72	29.5	95	33.9
Never smoked	10	27.8	157	64.3	167	59.6
Social smoker or ex-smoker	3	8.3	14	5.7	17	6.1
Diagnosis
Depression with psychotic features	2	5.6	11	4.5	13	4.6
Bipolar with psychotic features	2	5.6	8	3.3	10	3.6
Delusional Disorder	5	13.9	13	5.3	18	6.4
Brief psychotic disorder	1	2.8	31	12.7	32	11.4
Psychosis not otherwise specified	2	5.6	11	4.5	13	4.6
Schizophrenia Spectrum	21	68.3	128	52.5	149	53.2
Duration of untreated psychosis (in months) (M ± SD)	14.33	16.7	13.42	22.4	13.55	21.7
PANSS
Positive (M ± SD)	22.8	5.6	21.8	6.1	21.9	6.0
Negative (M ± SD)	13.3	6.8	16.2	9.0	15.8	8.7
General psychopathology (M ± SD)	39.2	9.4	38.0	11.6	38.2	11.4
GAF (M ± SD)	43.3	10.2	44.5	12.4	44.3	12.1

Note. 6 missing responses for work status (2.1%). 1 missing response for smoking (0.4%). 45 missing responses for SCID diagnosis (16.1%). 44 missing responses for duration of untreated psychosis (DUP) (15.7%). 43 missing responses for PANSS scores (15.4%). 43 missing responses for GAF total score (15.4%)

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