Table 5.
Comparison of the scores on the five items of the Arizona Sexual Experience Scale (ASEX) between patients with schizophrenia taking first-generation antipsychotic medications (FGA) and second-generation antipsychotic medications (SGA)
| Item | both genders | females | males | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FGAa (n=7) mean (sd) |
SGAb (n=30) mean (sd) |
U-testc (p-value) |
FGAa (n=2) mean (sd) |
SGAb (n=11) mean (sd) |
U-testc (p-value) |
FGAa (n=5) mean (sd) |
SGAb (n=19) mean (sd) |
U-testc (p-value) |
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| Sexual drive | 3.43 (0.79) |
3.47 (1.33) |
100.50 (0.853) |
4.00 (1.41) |
3.45 (1.04) |
8.00 (0.517) |
3.20 (0.45) |
3.47 (1.50) |
39.50 (0.552) |
||
| Sexual arousal | 3.86 (0.90) |
3.57 (1.22) |
92.50 (0.615) |
4.50 (0.71) |
3.91 (1.14) |
7.00 (0.411) |
3.60 (0.89) |
3.37 (1.26) |
44.50 (0.824) |
||
| Vaginal lubrication/ penile erection |
3.43 (1.40) |
3.53 (1.36) |
101.00 (0.873) |
3.00 (2.83) |
3.73 (1.82) |
9.50 (0.760) |
3.60 (0.89) |
3.42 (1.35) |
46.00 (0.913) |
||
| Achieve orgasm | 4.14 (0.69) |
3.43 (1.45) |
72.50 (0.196) |
4.50 (0.71) |
4.00 (1.10) |
6.50 (0.342) |
4.00 (0.71) |
3.11 (1.56) |
32.00 (0.258) |
||
| Satisfaction with orgasm |
3.57 (0.98) |
3.53 (1.25) |
102.00 (0.903) |
4.00 (1.41) |
3.82 (1.25) |
10.00 (0.837) |
3.40 (0.89) |
3.37 (1.26) |
45.00 (0.852) |
||
| Total score (range 5-30) |
18.43 (4.24) |
17.53 (5.82) |
94.00 (0.668) |
20.00 (7.07) |
18.91 (4.91) |
10.00 (0.842) |
17.80 (3.56) |
16.74 (6.27) |
40.00 (0.593) |
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amonotherapy with zuclopenthixol, flupentixol, or haloperiodol for at least one year prior to the evaluation
bmonotherapy with risperidone, olanzapine, or quetiapine for at least one year prior to the evaluation
cbased on Mann-Whitney rank test