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Table 1 Characteristics of the patients

From: Safety monitoring of treatment in bipolar disorder in a tertiary care setting in Sri Lanka and recommendations for improved monitoring in resource limited settings

Characteristics

Number

Number of patients, n

256

Gender, Male

137 (53.5%)

Age, years, mean (SD)

45.55 (12.41)

Age range, years

18–73

Marital Status

 Married

179 (69.9%)

 Unmarried

65 (25.4%)

 Separated

10 (3.9%)

 Widow

2 (0.8%)

Educational level

 Below grade 5

15 (5.9%)

 Between grade 5 and O/L

53 (20.7%)

 Education uptoO/L examination

119 (46.5%)

 Education upto A/L examination

55 (21.5%)

 Graduate

10 (3.9%)

 Other

4 (1.6%)

Income level

 no steady income

120 (46.9%)

 has steady income

136 (53.1%)

Patients with an exacerbation of illness in the past year

 No exacerbations

136 (53.1%)

 Having one or more episodes

112 (43.8%)

 Missing data

8 (3.1%)

 Duration on medicines, years, mean (SD)

13.17 (10.22)

Therapy

 Lithium

164 (64.1%)

 Sodium valproate

118 (46.1%)

 Carbamazepine

6 (2.3%)

 Atypical antipsychotics

151 (59%).

 Olanzepine

90 (35.2%)

 Risperidone

54 (21.1%)

 Quetiapine

9 (3.5%)

 Typical antipsychotics

37 (14.5%)

 Haloperidol

30 (11.7%)

 Chlorpromazine

5 (2%)

 Antidepressants

50 (19.5%)

 Fluoxetine

26 (10.2%)

 Imipramine

12 (4.7%)

Co-morbidities identified

 Diabetes mellitus

59 (23.0%)

 Hypothyroidism

28 (10.9%)

 Hypertension

41 (16.0%)

 Hypercholestrolaemia

36 (14.1%)

  1. O/L Ordinary Level, A/L Advanced level, SD Standard Deviation