Table 2.
Clinical characteristics of psychiatric patients with psychoactive substance use and seroprevalence of T. gondii infection
| Prevalence of | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subjects tested | T. gondii infection | P | ||
| Characteristic | No. | No. | % | value |
| Patient group | ||||
| Inpatients | 98 | 12 | 12.2 | 0.22 |
| Outpatients | 51 | 3 | 5.9 | |
| Psychiatric diagnosis | ||||
| F10 (use of alcohol) | 38 | 3 | 7.9 | 0.89 |
| F12 (use of cannabinoids) | 8 | 1 | 12.5 | |
| F13 (use of sedative hypnotics) | 7 | 1 | 14.3 | |
| F14 (use of cocaine) | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| F15 (use of other stimulants, caffeine) | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | |
| F17 (use of tobacco) | 10 | 1 | 10.0 | |
| F19 (use of multiple drugs) | 82 | 8 | 9.8 | |
| Subtype of disorder | ||||
| F1x.0 (acute intoxication) | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.87 |
| F1x.1 (harmful use) | 28 | 2 | 7.1 | |
| F1x.2 (dependence syndrome) | 118 | 13 | 11.0 | |
| F1x.5 (psychotic disorder) | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Evolution time | ||||
| <10 years | 79 | 7 | 8.9 | 0.8 |
| 10-20 years | 48 | 5 | 10.4 | |
| >20 years | 22 | 3 | 13.6 | |
| Response to treatment | ||||
| Good | 85 | 8 | 9.4 | 0.93 |
| Regular | 53 | 6 | 11.3 | |
| Bad | 11 | 1 | 9.1 | |
| Other psychiatric disease | ||||
| Yes | 77 | 10 | 13.0 | 0.22 |
| No | 72 | 5 | 6.9 | |
| Aggressiveness | ||||
| Yes | 99 | 6 | 6.1 | 0.02 |
| No | 50 | 9 | 18.0 | |
| Suicide ideation | ||||
| Yes | 99 | 5 | 5.1 | 0.004 |
| No | 50 | 10 | 20.0 | |
| Suicide attempt | ||||
| Yes | 57 | 2 | 3.5 | 0.03 |
| No | 92 | 13 | 14.1 | |
| Number of suicide attempts | ||||
| 1-3 | 45 | 2 | 4.4 | 1 |
| >3 | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Time of last suicide attempt | ||||
| <6 months ago | 26 | 1 | 3.8 | 1 |
| ≥6 months ago | 31 | 1 | 3.2 | |