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Table 3 Associations with clinical outcomes in the 5-year period following the first psychiatric hospitalizationa

From: Delay in psychiatric hospitalization from the diagnosis of first-episode schizophrenia and its association with clinical outcomes and direct medical costs: a nationwide, health insurance data-based study

Variable

Duration of the first psychiatric hospitalization (days)

Number of treatment discontinuations

Number of psychiatric hospitalizations

B

t

p

B

t

p

B

t

p

MPRb

-7.427

-0.526

0.599

-0.607

-6.758

 < 0.001

-0.058

-0.765

0.444

Duration from diagnosis to first psychiatric admission (weeks)

-0.268

-0.676

0.499

0.001

0.487

0.626

0.007

3.284

0.001

  1. MPR medication possession ratio
  2. a Multivariate linear regression analysis was performed with age at diagnosis, sex, type of hospital making the diagnosis, and calendar year of the diagnosis as covariates
  3. b Calculated using the antipsychotic prescriptions during the period from the diagnosis to the first psychiatric hospitalization