Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the participants (n = 250)

Characteristic

Frequency

Percentage

Male

55

22

Urban housing

198

79.2

Occupation

 Unemployed

57

22.8

 Employed

79

31.6

 Homemaker

73

29.2

 Pensioner

41

16.4

Unmarried

163

65.2

Diagnosis

 Bipolar I Disorder

190

76

In full remission (euthymic)

25

10

Current episode manic

123

49.2

Current episode hypomanic

3

1.2

Current episode depressed

14

5.6

Current episode depressed with mixed features

25

10

 Major depressive disorder

60

24.0

Current depressed episode

59

23.6

Current depressed episode with mixed features

1

0.4

Comorbidity^a

 Substance use disorder

57

23.8

 Anxiety disorder

20

8.0

 Personality disorder

12

4.8

 Other

6

2.4

Medications^a

 Stabilizers

180

72.0

 Antipsychotics

195

78.3

 Antidepressants

59

23.7

Median

Interquartile range

Age

37.5

27.0-56.0

Level of education

11

6.0-11.0

Young Mania Rating Scale

25

0.0-36.0

Ruminative Response Scale

53

34.0-66.0

Penn State Worry Questionnaire

35

24.0-46.0

State-Trait Anxiety Inventory

29

23.0-32.0