Table 2.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with chronic schizophrenia discharged from Vrapče Psychiatric Hospital, Zagreb, in 2002
| Characteristics | Total (n = 398) | Treatment groups of antipsychotic drugs | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| typical | atypical | ||||||
| haloperidol (n = 130) | fluphenazine (n = 101) | risperidone (n = 67) | olanzapine (n = 40) | clozapine (n = 60) | |||
| No. (%) of men | 259 (65.0) | 101 (78.0) | 58 (57.0) | 43 (64.0) | 21 (53.0) | 36 (60.0) | 0.004* |
| Age (years; median, IQ)† | 42 (35-49) | 44 (38-50) | 44 (38-51) | 38 (30-45) | 36 (28.5-44.0) | 40 (33.5-47.5) | <0.001‡ |
| Age at illness onset (years; median, IQ) | 27 (24-33) | 27 (24-34) | 28 (24-32) | 30 (22-34) | 28 (23.5-32) | 26 (23.5-31) | 0.688‡ |
| No. of hospitalizations (median, IQ) | 6 (3-10) | 6 (3-10) | 7 (3-11) | 5 (3-7) | 4.5 (3-8) | 6 (4-10) | 0.103‡ |
| Duration of hospitalization (days; median, IQ) | 43 (23-69) | 46 (26-80) | 36 (21-59) | 38.5 (17-54) | 59.5 (43.5-96.5) | 35 (24.0-68.5) | 0.001‡ |
| Time to rehospitalization (days; median, IQ) | 410 (147-820) | 485.5 (2-1083) | 334 (157-820) | 594 (194-794) | 424 (16-1083) | 456.5 (116.0-843.5) | 0.531‡ |
| Dose (mg/d; median, IQ) | 20 (15-30) | 7.5 (5-15) | 4 (3-6) | 15 (10.0-17.5) | 200 (150-300) | - | |
*M-L χ2 test.
†IQ – interquartile (25%-75%) range.
‡Man-Whitney U test.