Table 3.
Treatment status in people with severe mental illness in 1994 and 2015
| 1994, n (%) | 2015, n (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 18–64 (n = 633) | Age ≥65 (n = 78) |
Total (n = 711) |
Age 18–64 (n = 724)) | Age ≥65 (n = 318) | Total (n = 1042) |
|
| Never being treated | 167 (26.4) | 34 (43.6)*** | 201 (28.3) | 241 (33.3) | 147 (46.2)*** | 388 (37.2)††† |
| Antipsychotic drugs ≤2 months | 128 (20.2) | 14 (17.9) | 142 (20.0) | 50 (6.9) | 31 (9.7) | 81 (7.8)††† |
| Antipsychotic drugs >1 yeara | – | – | – | 225 (31.1) | 66 (20.8)*** | 291 (27.9) |
| Taking antipsychotic drugs | 38 (6.0) | 1 (1.3) | 39 (5.5) | 159 (22.0) | 39 (12.3)*** | 198 (19.0)††† |
| Being in mental hospital | 9 (1.4) | 0 (0.0) | 9 (1.3) | 18 (2.5) | 6 (1.9) | 24 (2.3) |
| Ever admitted to hospital | 155 (24.5) | 8 (10.3)*** | 163 (22.9) | 273 (37.7) | 83 (26.1)*** | 356 (34.2)††† |
| Ever treatment with traditional Chinese medicine | 430 (67.9) | 42 (53.9)* | 472 (66.4) | 32 (4.4) | 22 (6.9) | 54 (5.2)††† |
| Ever treated by traditional/spiritual healers | 331 (52.3) | 37 (47.4) | 368 (51.8) | 98 (13.5) | 27 (8.5)* | 125 (12.0)††† |
a. Data was not collected for this in 1994.
*P<0.05, ***P<0.001 for age 18–64 versus age ≥65; †††P<0.001 for 1994 total versus 2015 total.