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Table 1 Demographical characteristics of patients with first-episode schizophrenia

From: Risk factors for relapse in patients with first-episode schizophrenia: Analysis of the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service data from 2011 to 2015

Characteristics

Categories

No relapse

Relapse

(P value)

n = 3302

72.30%

n = 1265

27.70%

Gender

Male

1654

72.3%

635

27.7%

0.9485

Female

1648

72.3%

630

27.7%

Age (years)

3302

23.5 ± 4.4

1265

23.1 ± 4.3

0.038*

Geographic location

Metropolitan City

1727

73.2%

632

26.8%

0.1461

Province

1575

71.3%

633

28.7%

Medical benefits

Non-recipient

3057

72.0%

1187

28.0%

0.1391

Recipient

245

75.9%

78

24.1%

Type of medical institution

Tertiary hospital

1135

70.8%

467

29.2%

 < 0.0001**

Community hospital

846

65.8%

440

34.2%

Clinic

1321

78.7%

358

21.3%

Antipsychotic drugs

Monotherapy

1585

78.0%

448

22.0%

 < 0.0001**

Combination therapy

1442

70.5%

602

29.5%

Other drugs

275

56.1%

215

43.9%

Medication adherence

0–50%

1176

64.1%

660

35.9%

< 0.0001**

50–80%

452

78.7%

122

21.3%

More than 80%

1674

77.6%

483

22.4%

Treatment after initial diagnosis

Outpatient treatment

2352

75.6%

759

24.4%

 < 0.0001**

Inpatient treatment

950

65.2%

506

34.8%

  1. * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.001