Table 2.
Treatment and outcome characteristics of patients with catatonia syndrome
| Underlying diagnostic group | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schizophrenia | Mood Disorders | General Medical Condition | ||||||
| Treatment | No | Percent | No | Percent | No. | Percent | Total (%) | |
| Benzodiazepines | 1 | 25.0 | 12 | 80.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 14 (70) | |
| Antidepressants | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 60.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 (45) | |
| Antipsychotics | 4 | 100.0 | 13 | 86.7 | 1 | 100.0 | 18 (90) | |
| Electroconvulsive therapy | 2 | 50.0 | 3 | 20.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 6 (30) | |
| Outcomes | mean | SD | mean | SD | mean | SD | Overall mean (SD) | |
| Length of hospital stay | 40.8 | 15.9 | 33.5 | 30.3 | 39 | -- | 34.5 (26.3) | |
| Bush-Francis Severity scores | 3.5 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 6.9 | 0 | -- | 2.7 (5.9) | |