Table 5.
Number of previous hospital admissions; comparison of patients with only one antipsychotic versus patients with two or more antipsychotics
| No. of previous admissions to psychiatric ward | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8+ | ||
| N = 329 | 49 | 79 | 63 | 39 | 29 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 30 | |
| One antipsychotic | 228 (69.3%) |
40 (81.6%) |
61 (77.2%) |
46 (73.0%) |
28 (71,8%) |
13 (44.8%) |
8 (57.1%) |
8 (44.8%) |
8 (61.5%) |
16 (53.3%) |
| Two or more antipsychotics | 91 (30.7%) |
9 (18.4%) |
18 (22.8%) |
17 (27.0%) |
11 (28.2.%) |
16 (55.2%) |
6 (42.9%) |
5 (38.5%) |
5 (38.5%) |
14 (46.7%) |