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. 2020 Apr 27;63(1):e59. doi: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2020.39

Table 2.

Descriptive features of the sample with mood instability-only, sleep disturbance-only, mood instability and sleep disturbance, and no mood instability or sleep disturbance within 1 month of presenting to OHFT (n = 31,391).

Mood instability-only Sleep disturbance-only Mood instability and sleep disturbance No mood instability or sleep disturbance
(n = 1,322) (n = 6,559) (n = 1,684) (n = 21,826)
n % n % n % n %
Age
 16–25 164 12.41 567 8.64 176 10.45 2,122 9.72
 26–35 426 32.22 1,966 29.97 578 34.32 6,629 30.37
 36–45 360 27.23 1,907 29.07 473 28.09 5,936 27.20
 46–55 315 23.83 1,703 25.96 360 21.38 4,707 21.57
 56–65 57 4.31 416 6.34 97 5.76 2,432 11.14
Gender, female 761 57.56 3,408 51.96 939 55.76 12,096 55.42
Diagnosis
 Any 231 17.47 1,460 22.26 503 29.87 2,560 11.73
 Organic <5 11 0.17 <5 71 0.33
 Substance use 24 1.82 143 2.18 53 3.15 166 0.76
 Schizophrenia and related 29 2.19 208 3.17 58 3.44 470 2.15
 Mood 90 6.81 719 10.96 274 16.27 919 4.21
 Anxiety 48 3.63 361 5.5 88 5.23 484 2.22
 Behavioral syndrome 25 1.89 83 1.27 19 1.13 346 1.59
 Personality 37 2.80 120 1.83 78 4.63 254 1.16
 Mental retardation <5 <5 <5 <5
 Developmental <5 5 0.08 <5 32 0.15
 Behavioral/emotional <5 9 0.14 <5 43 0.20
 Unspecified <5 22 0.34 12 0.71 61 0.28
Medication
 1 283 21.41 1,241 18.92 268 15.91 1,990 9.12
 2 208 15.73 1,063 16.21 243 14.43 1,171 5.37
 3+ 232 17.55 1,944 29.64 836 49.64 1,038 4.76
 Any 723 54.77 4,248 64.77 1,347 79.99 4,199 19.24
 Antidepressant 475 35.93 3,158 48.15 901 53.50 2,973 13.62
 Antipsychotic 255 19.29 1,529 23.31 642 38.12 1,395 6.39
 Mood-stabilizing antiepileptic 62 4.69 181 2.76 114 6.77 225 1.03
 Sedative hypnotic 183 13.84 1,597 24.35 673 39.96 912 4.18
 Lithium 26 1.97 86 1.31 57 3.38 115 0.53
 Sedating antihistamine 6 0.45 57 0.87 32 1.90 20 0.09
 Sympathomimetic <5 21 0.32 7 0.42 42 0.19
 Amphetamine <5 <5 <5 6 0.03
Events
 12–23 117 8.85 493 7.52 59 3.50 4,694 21.51
 24–35 159 12.03 658 10.03 99 5.88 4,466 20.46
 36+ 1,002 75.79 5,200 79.28 1,449 86.04 11,777 53.87
Hospitalization
 Days in hospital, mean (SD) 89 17.40 (11.04) 580 14.73 (10.72) 429 16.92 (10.15) 374 16.43 (11.67)
 1 88 6.66 560 8.54 408 24.23 363 1.66
 2 <5 20 0.30 20 1.19 11 0.05
 3+ <5 <5 <5 <5
 HoNOS, mean (SD) 69 10.45 (5.16) 377 11.94 (6.67) 114 12.12 (6.10) 427 11.02 (5.87)

Abbreviation: HoNOS, Health of the Nation Outcome Scale adjusted total score.

– represents estimates unavailable due to small numbers.