Table 1.
Demographic, Clinical and Health Characteristics of a Sample of 73 Poorly Adherent Patients with Bipolar Disorder
| Characteristics | N (%) |
|---|---|
| Sex | |
| Female | 54 (74.0) |
| Male | 19 (26.0) |
| Racea | |
| White | 19 (26.0) |
| African-American | 56 (76.7) |
| Marital Status | |
| Single/Never Married | 36 (49.3) |
| Married | 12 (16.4) |
| Separated/Divorced/Widowed | 25 (34.2) |
| Diagnoses | |
| Bipolar Disorder Type I | 52 (74.3) |
| Bipolar Disorder Type II | 18 (25.7) |
| Medical Comorbidities | |
| Hypertension | 41 (60.3) |
| Arthritis or rheumatism | 42 (57.5) |
| Hyperlipidemia | 32 (47.1) |
| Asthma, emphysema, or chronic bronchitis | 30 (41.1) |
| Diabetes | 23 (31.5) |
| Digestive problems (e.g. ulcer, colitis, gallbladder disease) | 15 (20.5) |
| Heart trouble (e.g. angina, heart failure, coronary heart disease) | 6 (8.2) |
| Stroke | 5 (6.8) |
| HIV or AIDS | 5 (6.8) |
| Cancer, diagnosed in the past 3 years | 3 (4.1) |
| Liver problems (e.g. cirrhosis) | 2 (2.7) |
| Kidney Disease | 0 (0) |
a
Participants endorsed identification with each category separately; race categories were not mutually exclusive.