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Table 2 Comparisons of clinical variables by occupational states and by BD subtypes.

From: The functional impairment of different subtypes and occupational states in euthymic patients with bipolar disorder

Items

employed

(n = 45)

unemployed

(n = 33)

t

p value

BD-I

(n = 45)

BD-II

(n = 36)

t

p value

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

  

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

  

HDRS-17

3.7 (0.9)

3.5 (1.1)

0.96

0.338

3.6 (1.0)

3.7 (0.9)

−0.68

0.501

YMRS

3.0 (1.0)

3.5 (1.3)

−1.88

0.064

3.8 (0.9)

3.6 (1.4)

0.27

0.131

FAST total

17.5 (2.4)

25.6 (2.2)

−15.76

< 0.001

19.5 (4.0)

23.1 (4.7)

−3.81

< 0.001

 autonomy

1.5 (0.5)

1.9 (0.7)

−3.07

0.003

1.6 (0.6)

1.8 (0.6)

−1.47

0.145

 occupational functioning

5.2 (1.3)

9.0 (1.0)

−15.13

< 0.001

6.1 (1.8)

7.8 (2.3)

−3.64

< 0.001

 cognitive functioning

2.1 (0.5)

2.4 (0.5)

−2.01

0.048

2.1 (0.5)

2.3 (0.5)

−2.05

0.044

 financial issues

1.6 (0.5)

1.7 (0.5)

−0.87

0.385

1.7 (0.5)

1.6 (0.5)

0.51

0.610

 interpersonal relationships

5.3 (1.2)

9.1 (1.2)

−13.61

< 0.001

6.3 (2.0)

7.9 (2.2)

−3.39

0.001

 leisure time

1.8 (0.5)

1.6 (0.5)

1.08

0.286

1.7 (0.5)

1.7 (0.5)

0.15

0.879

TMT-A

38.7 (9.9)

38.6 (9.1)

0.04

0.971

39.4 (9.8)

37.8 (9.2)

0.76

0.447

SDMT

49.1 (5.7)

40.2 (8.9)

5.21

< 0.001

46.3 (8.5)

43.8 (8.5)

1.30

0.198

HVLT-R

25.6 (3.6)

19.7 (2.6)

8.17

< 0.001

23.7 (4.4)

22.1 (4.1)

1.68

0.096

BVMT-R

22.7 (4.8)

22.3 (4.8)

0.34

0.735

22.0 (4.7)

23.2 (4.7)

−1.17

0.244

SCWT (total)

179.4 (28.7)

177.3 (31.5)

0.32

0.753

177.7 (30.3)

179.4 (29.6)

−0.26

0.797

  1. Note: BD (Bipolar Disorder); TMT-A (Trail Making Test-A); SDMT (Symbol Digit Modalities Test); HVLT-R (Hopkins Verbal Learning Tests-Revised); BVMT-R (Brief Visuospatial Memory Test-Revised); and SCWT (Stroop Color-Word Test)