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

Table 4 Additional areas of needs: Patients’ and relatives’ reports¹

	Bipolar disorder-mean (SD) (n = 150)	Schizophrenia-mean (SD) (n = 75)		t values
Needs of patients reported by patients
Total needs	2.39 (1.87)	3.08 (2.08)		2.52a
Met needs	0.23 (0.61)	0.27 (0.64)		0.38
Unmet needs	2.15 (1.73)	2.81 (1.9)		2.6a
Needs of patients reported by relatives
Total needs	2.67 (2.26)	3.33 (2.13)		2.13a
Met needs	0.19 (0.49)	0.48 (1.37)		2.29a
Unmet needs	2.47 (2.09)	2.85 (1.82)		1.34
	Patients			Relatives
Seven common areas of additional needs-bipolar disorder (n = 150)	Total needs	Met needs	Unmet needs	Total needs	Met needs	Unmet needs
Free treatment	69	4	65	4	65	70
Medical reimbursement	56	3	53	3	53	67
Job reservations/occupational help	42	1	41	1	41	44
Financial help	35	4	31	4	31	44
Psychoeducation	30	10	20	10	20	29
Travel concessions	20	2	18	2	18	24
Patient groups, clubs, societies	17	0	17	0	17	22
Seven common areas of additional needs - schizophrenia (n = 75)
Medical reimbursement	53	0	53	50	1	49
Free treatment	44	0	44	48	1	47
Job reservations/occupational help	35	1	34	32	4	28
Financial help	28	1	27	30	1	29
Psychoeducation	19	6	13	15	7	8
Travel concessions	12	0	12	15	2	13
Certification needs	11	1	10	11	4	7

^aP < 0.05: Comparisons between BD and schizophrenia on total, met and unmet needs and different types of needs. ¹This additional evaluation was carried out using an instrument designed to cover those areas of needs not specifically covered by the CAN-R; it had 21 areas with a format similar to the CAN-R; only results pertaining to the seven most common needs are depicted. CAN-R: Camberwell Assessment of Need-Research version; BD: Bipolar disorder.