Table 1.

Characteristics of patients at index date (n = 1992)

Age, years, mean (SD)	43.5 (14.3)
Male, n (%)	1319 (66.2)
Von Korff score, mean (SD)	2.5 (3.0)
Charlson Comorbidity Index, mean (SD)	0.4 (1.0)
Specialty of the prescriber of the index drug, n (%)
Psychiatry	1601 (80.4)
General practice	379 (19.0)
Other	10 (1.0)
Not available	2 (0.1)
Index drug, n (%)
Flupentixol decanoate	111 (5.6)
Fluphenazine decanoate	350 (17.6)
Haloperidol decanoate	200 (10.0)
Paliperidone long-acting injection	202 (10.1)
Risperidone long-acting injection	775 (38.9)
Zuclopenthixol long-acting injection	354 (17.8)