Table 1 Sociodemographics, clinical characteristics and treatment of the sample of 50 patients
| Â | Variable | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|---|
Gender | Male | 42 (84%) |
Female | 8 (16%) | |
Nationality | Qatari | 26 (52%) |
Non-Qatari Arabs | 24 (48%) | |
Marital Status | Married | 14 (28%) |
Divorced | 5 (10%) | |
Never Married | 31 (62%) | |
Education | Primary School | 9 (18%) |
Secondary School/ High School | 20 (40%) | |
University / Postgraduate | 21 (42%) | |
Subsample | Outpatient | 12 (24%) |
Community | 16 (32%) | |
Inpatient & Long term Residential | 22 (44%) | |
Diagnosis | Schizophrenia | 36 (72%) |
Acute Psychotic Episode | 2 (4%) | |
Schizoaffective | 5 (10%) | |
Bipolar with Psychotic experiences / Bipolar with Schizophrenia | 6 (12%) | |
Substance induced Psychosis | 1 (2%) | |
Antipsychotics | First generation antipsychotics (FGA) | 10 (2%) |
Second generation antipsychotics (SGA) | 33 (66%) | |
Combination of FGA & SGA | 3 (6%) | |
None | 1 (2%) | |
Missing information | 3 (6%) |