Table 2.

Relationship between medication group and functioning among patients with bipolar disorder

	1 (n=14)	2 (n=34)	3 (n=24)	Statistics
BDFQ total	112.24±12.71	110.79±10.09	101.71±16.89	One way ANOVA, df=71, F=4.317, p=0.02 Post hoc Tukey analysis: 1=2 (p=0.94) 1>3 (p=0.02) 2=3 (p=0.13)

1. Patients using only a mood stabilizer.

2. Patients using a mood stabilizer and an antipsychotic.

3. Patients using three or more drugs (any of mood stabilizers, antipsychotic drugs, or antidepressant drugs). BDFQ: Bipolar Disorder Functioning Questionnaire