Table 5 Number of previous hospital admissions; comparison of patients with only one antipsychotic versus patients with two or more antipsychotics
No. of previous admissions to psychiatric ward | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8+ | ||
N = 329 | 49 | 79 | 63 | 39 | 29 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 30 | |
One antipsychotic | 228 (69.3%) | 40 (81.6%) | 61 (77.2%) | 46 (73.0%) | 28 (71,8%) | 13 (44.8%) | 8 (57.1%) | 8 (44.8%) | 8 (61.5%) | 16 (53.3%) |
Two or more antipsychotics | 91 (30.7%) | 9 (18.4%) | 18 (22.8%) | 17 (27.0%) | 11 (28.2.%) | 16 (55.2%) | 6 (42.9%) | 5 (38.5%) | 5 (38.5%) | 14 (46.7%) |