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Table 3 Sex differences in adherence to antipsychotic medication, use of depot antipsychotics, psychotic symptoms, relapse and admittances to hospital through two years in recent onset schizophrenia

From: Non-adherence to antipsychotic medication, relapse and rehospitalisation in recent-onset schizophrenia

 

Adherence with oral or depot antipsychotics

Adherence with oral antipsychotics

Use of depot antipsychotics

 

Good

Not good

Chi Squ

P

Good

Not good

Chi Squ

P

Not use

Use

P

Men N = 31

N = 18

N = 13

  

N = 15

N = 16

  

N = 24

N = 7

 

Persistent psychotic

2 (11%)

7 (54%)

6,69

,010

1 (7%)

8 (50%)

7,06

,008

5 (21%)

4 (57%)

,15 F

Relapse

3 (17%)

8 (62%)

6,64

,010

2 (13%)

9 (56%)

6,23

,013

7 (29%)

4 (57%)

,21 F

Admitted to hospital

4 (22%)

7 (54%)

3,30

,069

4 (27%)

7 (44%)

0,99

,320

7 (29%)

4 (57%)

,21 F

Women N = 19

N = 16

N = 3

  

N = 13

N = 6

  

N = 14

N = 5

 

Persistent psychotic

4 (25%)

0 (0%)

 

1,0 F

3 (23%)

1 (17%)

 

1,0 F

3 (21%)

1 (20%)

1,0 F

Relapse

3 (19%)

3 (100%)

 

,021 F

1 (8%)

5 (83%)

 

,003 F

2 (14%)

4 (80%)

,017 F

Admitted to hospital

6 (38%)

3 (100%)

 

,087 F

5 (38%)

4 (67%)

 

,350 F

6 (43%)

3 (60 %)

,628 F

  1. F = Fischers exact test