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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of 32 bipolar and 28 schizoaffective disorder patients

From: Cognitive impairment in patients with a schizoaffective disorder: a comparison with bipolar patients in euthymia

Demographic and clinical variables

Bipolar disorder patients (n = 32)

schizoaffective

patients

(n = 28)

ANOVA

 

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

F

df

P

Age

48.0

14.92

45.61

10.5

0.5

1; 58

0.48

YMRS score

2.34

2.67

7.63

6.37

18.29

1; 57

< 0.01

HAMD score

4.5

2.81

     

MADRS score

  

10.87

8.01

   

Years since having a pychiatric diagnosis

11.56

9.61

21.39

11.34

12.04

1; 53

< 0.01

MWT-B score

114.69

15.54

104.64

16.13

5.98

1; 58

0.02

 

n

%

n

%

χ 2

df

P

Sex

       

    Male

13

40.6

7

25

1.64

1

0.2

    Female

19

59.4

21

75

   

Education:

       

    No school

0

0

2

7.7

2.55

1

0.11

    Only school

6

18.8

5

19.2

0.002

1

0.96

    School and futher education

17

53.1

14

53.8

0.003

1

0.96

    Highschool

9

28.1

5

19.2

0.62

1

0.43

Current mediacation:

       

    AD only

2

6.3

0

0

1.75

1

0.19

    MS only

3

9.4

7

25.9

2.85

1

0.09

    NL only

6

18.8

0

0

5.83

1

0.02

    AD & MS

11

34.4

3

11.1

4.38

1

0.04

    AD & NL

7

21.9

4

14.8

0.48

1

0.49

    MS & NL

16

50

16

59.3

0.51

1

0.48

    All

7

21.9

2

7.4

2.37

1

0.12

    Neither

1

3.1

2

7.4

0.56

1

0.46

Last episode:

       

    Maniac

18

56.3

16

57.1

0.01

1

0.94

    Depressiv

11

34.3

4

14.3

3.21

1

0.07

    Mixed

3

9.4

5

17.9

0.93

1

0.34

  1. ANOVA = Analysis of Variance; YMRS = Young Mania Rating Scale; HAMD = Hamilton Depression Rating Scale; MWT-B = Estimated premorbid intelligence; AD = Antidepressants; MS = mood stabilizer; NL = Antipsychotics
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European Journal of Medical Research

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