Table 1.
Characteristics of study sample.
| Diagnosis |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schizophrenia N (%) | Schizoaffective N (%) | Bipolar N (%) | Major depression N (%) | |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 32 (62.7) | 24 (46.2) | 10 (27.8) | 11 (25.0) |
| Female | 19 (37.3) | 28 (53.8) | 26 (72.2) | 33 (75.0) |
| Race/Ethnicity: non-latino Caucasian | ||||
| Male | 26 (81.3) | 19 (79.2) | 8 (80.0) | 11 (100.0) |
| Female | 17 (89.5) | 23 (82.1) | 24 (92.3) | 29 (87.9) |
| Marital status: never married | ||||
| Male | 23 (71.9) | 11 (45.8) | 4 (40.0) | 2 (18.2) |
| Female | 6 (31.6) | 14 (50.0) | 1 (3.8) | 4 (12.1) |
| Education: high school graduate | ||||
| Male | 25 (78.1) | 18 (75.0) | 7 (70.0) | 6 (54.5) |
| Female | 13 (68.4) | 23 (82.1) | 19 (73.1) | 23 (69.7) |
| Residential: independent | ||||
| Male | 8 (25.0) | 8 (33.3) | 5 (50.0) | 5 (45.5) |
| Female | 6 (31.6) | 18 (64.3) | 18 (69.2) | 26 (78.8) |
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | ||||
| Male | 59.64 (7.30) | 56.01 (5.30) | 58.38 (5.43) | 58.38 (5.43) |
| Female | 62.67 (8.82) | 57.65 (6.33) | 63.49 (7.79) | 61.71 (9.45) |
| Days in hospital past year | ||||
| Male | 0.16 (.45) | 0.58 (1.06) | 0.8 (1.87) | .60 (.70) |
| Female | 0.06 (.24) | 0.75 (1.65) | 0.63 (.92) | .27 (.80) |
| Duration of illness (years since first hospitalization) | ||||
| Male | 29.65 (10.03) | 27.50 (10.49) | 24.48 (15.46) | 24.06 (13.53) |
| Female | 30.11 (11.87) | 29.20 (12.41) | 32.31 (10.70) | 22.39 (16.92) |
| Number of drinks/day past 3 months | ||||
| Male | .41 (1.3) | .43 (1.3) | .40 (1.3) | 1.4 (2.50) |
| Female | .11 (.46) | .07 (.38) | .19 (.49) | .30 (.81) |