Variables | n (%) |
Male | 110 (54.5) |
Marital status | |
Single | 164 (81.2) |
Married or cohabited | 32 (15.8) |
Divorced or widowed | 6 (3.0) |
Occupation | |
Employee | 96 (47.5) |
Student | 59 (29.2) |
Business owner | 19 (9.4) |
Unemployed | 28 (13.9) |
Underlying medical diseases | 20 (9.9) |
Diagnosis | |
Depressive disorder | 97 (48.0) |
Anxiety disorder | 53 (26.2) |
Schizophrenia | 31 (15.3) |
Bipolar disorder | 21 (10.4) |
History of electroconvulsive therapy | 6 (3.0) |
Current smoking | 33 (16.3) |
Current alcohol use | 65 (32.2) |
Any substance use | 77 (38.1) |
Antidepressant use | 164 (81.2) |
Antipsychotic agent use | 66 (32.7) |
Conventional antipsychotic agent | 14 (6.9) |
Atypical antipsychotic agent | 56 (27.7) |
Mood stabiliser use | 26 (12.9) |
Benzodiazepines use | 89 (44.1) |
Anticholinergic use | 22 (10.9) |
Medical drug use | 17 (8.4) |
Mean (SD) or median [IQR] | |
Age, years | 30.2 (9.0) |
Education (years) | 16.0 (2.9) |
BMI (kg/m2) | 24.3 (4.8) |
Illness duration (years) | 3 [1, 6] |
BPRS scores | 26.6 (7.3) |
Quality of life scores | 85.4 (11.8) |
Antipsychotic dosage, mg (n=66) chlorpromazine equivalence | 175.0 [78.8, 401.3] |
Antidepressant dosage, mg (n=164) fluoxetine equivalence | 20.0 [20.0, 40.0] |
Benzodiazepine dosage, mg (n=89) lorazepam equivalence | 1.0 [0.5, 2.0] |
BMI, body mass index; BPRS, Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale; IQR, interquartile range; SD, standard deviation.