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

Table 3 Health-care needs of patients on the Camberwell Assessment of Need-Research version - as reported by their relatives

	Bipolar disorder n = 150			Schizophrenia n = 75			t values
Total needs	6.72 (3.19)			8.36 (2.91)			3.37f
Met needs	4.15 (2.34)			4.99 (2.18)			2.57a
Unmet needs	2.57 (2.31)			3.37 (2.58)			2.37a
Domains	Total needs	Met needs	Unmet needs	Total needs	Met needs	Unmet needs	χ2 values
Accommodation	12 (8)	11 (7)	1 (1)	15 (20)	13 (17)	3 (4)	6.82b
Food	32 (21)	30 (20)	2 (1)	23 (31)	20 (27)	3 (4)	2.35
Household skills	103 (69)	90 (60)	13 (9)	63 (84)	56 (75)	7 (9)	6.07a
Self-care	36 (24)	31 (21)	5 (3)	25 (33)	19 (25)	6 (8)	2.20
Daytime activities	77 (51)	51 (34)	26 (17)	43 (57)	21 (28)	22 (29)	0.72
Physical health	79 (53)	62 (41)	17 (11)	39 (52)	31 (41)	8 (11)	0.01
Psychotic symptoms	47 (31)	37 (25)	10 (7)	69 (92)	59 (79)	10 (13)	73.68f
Information about condition and treatment	106 (71)	62 (41)	44 (29)	60 (80)	17 (23)	43 (57)	2.251
Psychological distress	87 (58)	70 (47)	17 (11)	49 (65)	39 (52)	10 (13)	1.12
Safety to self	8 (5)	8 (5)	0 (0)	6 (8)	5 (7)	1 (1)	0.61
Safety to others	31 (21)	19 (13)	12 (8)	14 (19)	9 (12)	5 (7)	0.12
Alcohol	11 (7)	8 (5)	3 (2)	2 (3)	2 (3)	0 (0)	1.23
Drugs	18 (12)	5 (3)	13 (9)	4 (5)	2 (3)	2 (3)	1.82
Company	83 (55)	37 (25)	46 (31)	45 (60)	18 (24)	27 (36)	0.44
Intimate relationships	25 (17)	10 (7)	15 (10)	12 (16)	3 (4)	9 (6)	0.02
Sexual expression	13 (9)	5 (3)	8 (5)	2 (3)	0 (0)	2 (3)	2.01
Child care	25 (17)	20 (13)	5 (3)	12 (16)	8 (11)	4 (5)	0.02
Basic education	8 (5)	5 (3)	3 (2)	7 (9)	6 (8)	1 (1)	1.28
Telephone	34 (23)	28 (19)	6 (4)	25 (33)	21 (28)	4 (5)	2.94
Transport	26 (17)	13 (9)	13 (9)	24 (32)	14 (19)	10 (13)	6.22a
Money	31 (21)	20 (13)	11 (7)	24 (32)	10 (13)	14 (19)	3.47
Welfare benefits	117 (78)	1 (1)	116 (77)	66 (88)	1 (1)	65 (87)	3.29

^aP < 0.05;

^bP < 0.01;

^fP < 0.001: Comparisons between BD and schizophrenia on total, met and unmet needs and different types of needs.

¹Between A significantly greater proportion of relatives than patients with schizophrenia reported that needs in the area of information about the condition and its treatment were unmet (χ² = 13.79; P < 0.01). BD: Bipolar disorder.