Table 3. Predictors of positive, negative and general psychopathology symptoms trajectories.
| Positive symptoms | Negative symptoms | General psychopathology symptoms | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delayed response |
Early response and relapse | Slower response and no response | Delayed response |
Early response and relapse | Delayed response |
Slower response and no response | ||||||||
| OR | (95% CI) | OR | (95% CI) | OR | (95% CI) | OR | (95% CI) | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | |
| Age | 0.9 | (0.9–1.0) | 0.9 | (0.9–1.0) | 0.95 | (0.8–0.9)* | 0.95 | (0.9–0.98)* | 0.9 | (0.9–1.0) | 0.9 | (0.9–1) | 0.9 | (0.9–1.0) |
| Male vs. Female | 1.5 | (1.1–2)* | 1.4 | (0.9–2.2) | 1.7 | (0.6–4.8) | 1.5 | (1.1–2.2)* | 1.1 | (0.7–1.6) | 2.5 | (1.2–5.4)* | 1.4 | (1.0–2.1)* |
| Married vs. single | 0.8 | (0.5–1.3) | 0.6 | (0.3–1.3) | . | . | 0.8 | (0.4–1.4) | 0.9 | (0.5–1.7) | 0.5 | (0.1–2.6) | 1.0 | (0.6–1.8) |
| Separated vs. single | 1.1 | (0.5–2.5) | 0.2 | (0–1.6) | . | . | 0.3 | (0.1–1.4) | 0.5 | (0.1–2.1) | 1.8 | (0.4–8.9) | 0.6 | (0.2–1.9) |
| Unemployed vs. Employed | 1.1 | (0.7–1.6) | 1.8 | (1–3.2)* | 7.7 | (0.9–61.8) | 2.3 | (1.4–3.7)* | 1.6 | (0.9–2.7) | 4.3 | (1.2–14.8)* | 2.8 | (1.7–4.8)* |
| Economically inactive vs. Employed | 1.3 | (0.8–2) | 1.7 | (0.9–3.2) | 1.9 | (0.2–18.8) | 1.3 | (0.8–2.3) | 1.5 | (0.8–2.7) | 4.9 | (1.3–18)* | 2.5 | (1.4–4.4)* |
| Malay vs. Chinese | 0.8 | (0.5–1.2) | 1.1 | (0.6–2) | 1.8 | (0.6–5.5) | 0.9 | (0.5–1.4) | 1.1 | (0.6–2.0) | 1.2 | (0.5–2.8) | 0.6 | (0.3–1.1) |
| Indian vs. Chinese | 1.0 | (0.6–1.8) | 1.7 | (0.8–3.4) | 0.7 | (0.1–5.7) | 0.7 | (0.3–1.5) | 1.4 | (0.7–2.9) | 1.3 | (0.4–4.3) | 1.4 | (0.8–2.6) |
| Others vs. Chinese | 1.5 | (0.6–3.5) | 2.3 | (0.9–6.4) | . | . | 0.5 | (0.1–2.3) | 2.4 | (0.9–6.5) | . | . | 2.1 | (0.9–5.1) |
| Primary vs. Tertiary | 1.1 | (0.7–1.8) | 1.9 | (1.1–3.5)* | 8.5 | (2–36.2)* | 1.6 | (0.9–2.7) | 1.1 | (0.6–2.0) | 2.0 | (0.8–4.9) | 1.4 | (0.8–2.3) |
| Secondary vs. Tertiary | 1.5 | (1.1–2)* | 1.4 | (0.9–2.2) | 4.1 | (1.1–15.7)* | 1.7 | (1.2–2.5)* | 1.1 | (0.7–1.7) | 1.1 | (0.5–2.3) | 1.2 | (0.9–1.8) |
| DUP | 1.01 | (1.0–1.01)* | 1.0 | (0.9–1.0) | 1.01 | (1.0–1.03)* | 1.01 | (1.0–1.01)* | 1.01 | (1.0–1.01)* | 1.0 | (0.9–1.0) | 1.0 | (0.9–1.0) |
| Diagnoses | ||||||||||||||
| Affective psychosis vs. Schizophrenia spectrum & delusional disorder | 0.3 | (0.2–0.7)* | 0.2 | (0.1–0.8)* | . | . | 0.5 | (0.3–1.1) | 0.5 | (0.2–1.2) | 1.0 | (0.3–3.1) | 0.9 | (0.5–1.8) |
| Brief psychotic disorder & psychotic disorder NOS vs. Schizophrenia spectrum & delusional disorder | 0.6 | (0.4–0.9)* | 0.2 | (0.1–0.6)* | . | . | 0.5 | (0.3–0.9)* | 0.4 | (0.2–0.8)* | 0.7 | (0.2–1.9) | 0.4 | (0.2–0.8)* |
Note: Early response and stable is reference group.
* = Significant p value < 0.05.