Health-care needs of remitted patients with bipolar disorder: A comparison with schizophrenia

Table 1 Profile of the patients and their relatives

	Patients		Relatives
	Bipolar disorder (n = 150)	Schizophrenia (n = 75)	Bipolar disorder (n = 150)	Schizophrenia (n = 75)
Age (yr) mean (SD)	36.1 (10.1)	33.4 (9.9)	42.3 (12.8)	43.7 (11.7)
Gender n (%)					Relatives’ gender χ2 = 6.74; P < 0.01
Male	101 (67)	42 (56)	64	46 (61)a
Female	49	33	86 (57)	29
Marital status n (%)					Marital status of patients χ2 = 7.15; P < 0.01
Not married	43	35	12	5
Married	107 (71)	40 (53)a	138 (92)	70 (93)
Years of schooling mean (SD)	11.4 (4.9)	11.5 (4.4)	11.1 (5.9)	11.6 (6.24)
Occupation n (%)					Occupation of patients χ2 = 21.87; P < 0.001
Paid employment	103 (69)	27	72	44 (59)
Others	47	48 (64)b	78 (52)	31
Family type n (%)
Nuclear	69	35
Non-nuclear	81 (54)	40 (53)
Residence n (%)
Urban	86 (57)	39 (52)
Rural	64	36
Relationship with the patient n (%)					χ2 = 11.69; P < 0.01
Spouse			68 (45%)	17 (23)a
Parents			48 (32%)	30 (40)
Sibs			16 (11%)	14 (19)
Others			18 (12%)	14 (19)
Age of onset (in years) mean (SD)	26.7 (9.5)	26.1 (12.7)
Duration of illness (mo) mean (SD)	110.3 (78.9)	93.7 (65.9)
Duration of treatment (mo) mean (SD)	99.1 (69.5)	100 (94.3)
Number of hospitalizations in the past mean (SD)	0.7 (1.0)	0.5 (0.9)
PANSS positive score mean (SD)	-	10.6 (5.6)
PANSS negative score mean (SD)	-	12.3 (7.2)
PANSS general psychopathology score mean (SD)	-	27.4 (12.6)
YMRS score mean (SD)	2.0 (3.1)	-
HDRS score mean (SD)	1.0 (2.1)	-
GAF score mean (SD)	70.07 (17.79)	66.63 (15.63)
WHOQOL-BREF scores mean (SD)	93.87 (15.17)	88.77 (17.85)

^aP < 0.01;

^bP < 0.001: Comparisons between BD and schizophrenia on marital status and occupation of patients, relatives’ gender and relationship with patient. PANSS: Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale for Schizophrenia; YMRS: Young Mania Rating Scale; HDRS: Hamilton Depression Rating Scale; GAF: Global Assessment of Functioning; WHOQOL-BREF: World Health Organization Quality of Life Bref version; BD: Bipolar disorder.