Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of 1049SHIP participants with schizophrenia or schizo-affective disorder who reported using any antipsychotic medication in the past 4 weeks, by use of clozapine
| Clozapine | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Yes | |||||
| n | % | n | % | Adjusted OR† | 95% CI | |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 516 | 65.2 | 189 | 73.5 | 1.312 | 0.951–1.809 |
| Female | 276 | 34.8 | 68 | 26.5 | 1.0 | |
| Country of birth | ||||||
| Australia | 640 | 80.8 | 227 | 88.3 | 1.077 | 0.737–1.574 |
| Other | 152 | 19.2 | 30 | 11.7 | 1.0 | |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Single, never married | 518 | 65.4 | 203 | 79.0 | 2.197*** | 1.397–3.455 |
| Partnered | 117 | 14.8 | 28 | 10.9 | 1.592 | 0.879–2.833 |
| Separated, divorced, or widowed | 157 | 19.8 | 26 | 10.1 | 1.0 | |
| Post school qualification | 352 | 44.4 | 107 | 41.6 | 0.977 | 0.706–1.262 |
| Paid employment (last 12 months) | 233 | 29.4 | 67 | 26.1 | 0.929 | 0.699–1.289 |
| Any homelessness (last 12 months) | 108 | 13.6 | 17 | 6.6 | 0.408*** | 0.238–0.701 |
| Satisfaction with life (last 12 months) | ||||||
| Mostly satisfied or better | 390 | 49.7 | 154 | 60.4 | 0.980 | 0.652–1.474 |
| Mixed | 274 | 34.9 | 82 | 32.2 | 1.185 | 0.778–1.804 |
| Mostly dissatisfied or worse | 121 | 15.4 | 19 | 7.5 | 1.0 | |
| Age | 792 | 37.69 (11.23)‡ | 257 | 37.40 (9.51)‡ | 0.998 | 0.985–1.011 |
| Age at Onset | 792 | 23.98 (8.27)‡ | 257 | 22.26 (6.49)‡ | 0.950*** | 0.989–0.970 |
SHIP, survey of high impact psychosis; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.
Satisfaction with life = 9 missing cases.
†
All variables are adjusted for chronicity and diagnosis.
‡
Mean and (s.d.).
*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, and ***p < 0.001.