Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics at initial evaluation (T1) and six-month follow-up (T2)
| T1 |
T2 |
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|---|---|---|---|
| BD (n = 55) | NC (n = 32) | BD (n = 39) | |
| Demographic characteristics | |||
| Agea | 41.93 (14.14) | 34.08 (10.76) | 42.12 (13.16) |
| % Female | 69.1 | 65.4 | 76.9 |
| % Caucasiana | 80.0 | 50.0 | 79.5 |
| % Partnereda | 44.4 | 26.9 | 47.4 |
| % Employed/student | 66.7 | 73.1 | 66.7 |
| Education (years) | 16.52 (3.18) | 15.38 (2.10) | 17.03 (2.47) |
| Annual household income | $68,061.54 ($44,653.98) | $63,739.13 ($50,585.86) | $99,345.30 ($104,265.37) |
| Clinical characteristics | |||
| Illness duration (years) | 18.13 (14.85) | – | 18.46 (14.48) |
| Number of hospitalizations | 2.35 (4.81) | – | 1.97 (4.26) |
| % Receiving psychotherapya,b | 49.1 | – | 45.9 |
| % Receiving pharmacotherapya | 100 | – | 100 |
| SUM-M | 0.60 (0.78) | – | 0.94 (1.15) |
| SUM-D | 1.44 (1.56) | – | 1.96 (2.09) |
Mean values are displayed with standard deviations in parentheses where applicable.
a
p < 0.05 for BD and NC at T1.
b
Psychotherapy referred to current participation in individual or group therapy.
BD = bipolar disorder participants; NC = nonclinical control participants; SUM-M = severity of manic symptoms; SUM-D = severity of depressive symptoms.