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Table 1 Biopsychosocial descriptors of participants at Time 1

From: Subjective quality of life and schizophrenia: results from a large cohort study based in Chinese primary care

Variable

Subcategories

T1 Total initial sample

Count (%)

T1 Subgroup who completed both timepoints

Count (%)

Gender

Male

462 (62.3%)

313 (63.7%)

 

Female

280 (37.7%)

178 (36.3%)

Psychotropic Polypharmacy

   
 

None or 1 type

414 (55.8%)

265 (54.0%)

 

2 or more types

328 (44.2%)

226 (46.0%)

BPRS-C

   
 

No/minimal symptoms (scores 18–30)

566 (76.3%)

380 (77.4%)

 

Clinically relevant symptoms present (scores 31+)

173 (23.7%)

111 (22.6%)

MADRS-C

   
 

Subclinical (no to very mild symptoms) (scores 0–8)

558 (75.2%)

376 (76.6%)

 

Mild symptoms (scores 9–17)

150 (20.2%)

95 (19.3%)

 

Moderate to Severe symptoms (scores 18+)

34 (4.6%)

20 (4.1%)

ITAQ-C

   
 

Poor insight (scores 0–7)

264 (35.6%)

174 (35.4%)

 

Moderate insight (scores 8–13)

247 (33.3%)

162 (33.0%)

 

Good insight (scores 14–22)

231 (31.1%)

155 (31.6%)

SQoL Rating

   
 

Very poor

9 (1.2%)

5 (1.0%)

 

Poor

101 (13.6%)

69 (14.1%)

 

Neither poor nor good

507 (68.3%)

338 (68.8%)

 

Good

125 (16.8%)

79 (16.1%)

 

Very good

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Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

Contemporary Age (years)

 

38.5 (30.0–48.0)

40.0 (31.0–49.0)

Age of illness onset (years)

 

24.0 (19.0–30.0)

23.0 (20.0–30.0)

SDS-C

Work/School

4 (3–5)

4 (3–5)

SDS-C

Social

4 (3–5)

4 (3–5)

SDS-C

Family

4 (3–5)

4 (2–5)

Consumer satisfaction with current treatment

 

4 (4–5)

4 (4–5)

  1. T1 – Time 1 Baseline; T2 – Time 2 Follow-up; BPRS-C – Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale – Chinese version; MADRS-C – Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale – Chinese version; ITAQ-C – Insight and Treatment Attitude Questionnaire – Chinese version, SDS-C – Sheehan Disability Scale – Chinese version