Characteristics | Number |
---|---|
Number of patients, n | 256 |
Gender, Male | 137 (53.5%) |
Age, years, mean (SD) | 45.55 (12.41) |
Age range, years | 18–73 |
Marital Status | |
Married | 179 (69.9%) |
Unmarried | 65 (25.4%) |
Separated | 10 (3.9%) |
Widow | 2 (0.8%) |
Educational level | |
Below grade 5 | 15 (5.9%) |
Between grade 5 and O/L | 53 (20.7%) |
Education uptoO/L examination | 119 (46.5%) |
Education upto A/L examination | 55 (21.5%) |
Graduate | 10 (3.9%) |
Other | 4 (1.6%) |
Income level | |
no steady income | 120 (46.9%) |
has steady income | 136 (53.1%) |
Patients with an exacerbation of illness in the past year | |
No exacerbations | 136 (53.1%) |
Having one or more episodes | 112 (43.8%) |
Missing data | 8 (3.1%) |
Duration on medicines, years, mean (SD) | 13.17 (10.22) |
Therapy | |
Lithium | 164 (64.1%) |
Sodium valproate | 118 (46.1%) |
Carbamazepine | 6 (2.3%) |
Atypical antipsychotics | 151 (59%). |
Olanzepine | 90 (35.2%) |
Risperidone | 54 (21.1%) |
Quetiapine | 9 (3.5%) |
Typical antipsychotics | 37 (14.5%) |
Haloperidol | 30 (11.7%) |
Chlorpromazine | 5 (2%) |
Antidepressants | 50 (19.5%) |
Fluoxetine | 26 (10.2%) |
Imipramine | 12 (4.7%) |
Co-morbidities identified | |
Diabetes mellitus | 59 (23.0%) |
Hypothyroidism | 28 (10.9%) |
Hypertension | 41 (16.0%) |
Hypercholestrolaemia | 36 (14.1%) |