Table 1.
Socio-demographic and clinical variables of the study population.
| Gender (% males) | 69.1 |
| Age (years, mean ± SD) | 45.1 ± 10.5 |
| Education (years, mean ± SD) | 11.7 ± 3.4 |
| Working (%) | 34.4 |
| Currently in a residential facility (%) | 10.1 |
| Stable affective relationships (%) | 18.9 |
| Current drug treatment | |
| Antipsychotics (%) | 97.4 |
| First-generation (%) | 13.1 |
| Second-generation (%) | 69.3 |
| Both first- and second-generation (%) | 15.0 |
| Antidepressants (%) | 17.6 |
| Mood stabilizers (%) | 26.0 |
| Anxiolytics (%) | 32.7 |
| Anticholinergics (%) | 9.4 |
| Polypharmacy (%) | 54.4 |
| Any psychosocial interventions (%) | 34.3 |
| Psychotherapy (%) | 14.9 |
| Home care (%) | 8.3 |
| Relapse during past 4 years (%) | 43.7 |
| Frequency of follow-up visits (%) | |
| Monthly | 48.5 |
| Less than monthly | 34.1 |
| More than monthly | 17.4 |
SD standard deviation