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Table 2 Patient baseline characteristics by level of compliance

From: Compliance as a stable function in the treatment course of bipolar disorder in patients stabilized on olanzapine: results from a 24-month observational study

 

High (≥80%)

Low (<80%)

pvalue

Demographics

   

 Age, years, mean (SD)

43.0 (12.8)

43.8 (12.9)

0.44

 Weight, kg, mean (SD)

73.5 (13.8)

73.9 (14.1)

0.69

 Height, cm, mean (SD)

168.1 (9.3)

167.1 (8.8)

0.11

 Sex, females, n (%)

337 (56.7)

176 (59.3)

0.47

Race, n (%)

  

0.30

 Caucasian

384 (65.1)

198 (67.3)

 

 Hispanic

37 (6.3)

24 (8.2)

 

 East Asian

169 (28.6)

72 (24.5)

 

Clinical characteristics

   

 CGI-S, mean (SD)

2.4 (0.7)

2.6 (0.7)

0.002

 DAI-10, mean (SD)

5.7 (3.7)

4.8 (4.0)

0.002

 Days bipolar inpatient last year, mean (SD)

15.4 (38.5)

18.4 (32.8)

0.029

 Recent relapse, n (%)

68 (11.4)

68 (22.9)

<0.001

Functional characteristics

   

 EQ-5D overall health status score (SD)

0.9 (0.2)

0.8 (0.2)

0.0012

 EQ-5D VAS score (SD)

74.2 (15.4)

69.6 (17.6)

<0.001

 Number of activities with friends or social groups, n (%)

   

  0

100 (16.8)

85 (29.0)

 

  1

66 (11.1)

40 (13.7)

<0.001

  2

117 (19.7)

49 (16.7)

 

  3

78 (13.1)

40 (13.7)

 

  4

70 (11.8)

20 (6.8)

 

  ≥5

163 (27.4)

59 (20.1)

 

 Work activity, n (%)

   

  Unable to work

34 (5.8)

26 (9.0)

<0.001

  Volunteer work

21 (3.6)

6 (2.1)

 

  Student

34 (5.8)

12 (4.1)

 

  Working for pay

199 (33.8)

76 (26.2)

 

  Keeping house

109 (18.5)

48 (16.6)

 

  Unemployed

59 (10.0)

23 (7.9)

 

  Sheltered program

15 (2.5)

3 (1.0)

 

  Retired

118 (20.0)

96 (33.1)

 

 Impairment in work activities, n (%)

   

  No impairment

123 (20.8)

39 (13.3)

 

  Mild impairment

220 (37.2)

81 (27.6)

 

  Moderate impairment

150 (25.4)

133 (45.2)

 

  Severe impairment

50 (8.5)

22 (7.5)

 

  Unable to work due to mental illness

31 (5.2)

15 (5.1)

<0.001

 Patient-physician relationship, n (%)

   

  Poor

0

7 (2.4)

<0.001

  Fair

20 (3.4)

25 (8.4)

 

  Good

158 (26.6)

148 (49.8)

 

  Very good

277 (46.6)

101 (34.0)

 

  Excellent

139 (23.4)

16 (5.4)

 

 Insight into illness, n (%)

   

  None

3 (0.5)

3 (1.0)

 

  Low

26 (4.4)

49 (16.5)

<0.001

  Medium

87 (14.6)

111 (37.4)

 

  Moderate

168 (28.3)

93 (31.3)

 

  High

310 (52.2)

41 (13.8)

 

 Length of previous treatment regimen (4 weeks before baseline, containing olanzapine), n (%)

   

  <14 days

8 (1.3)

10 (3.5)

 

  15 to 30 days

125 (21.1)

91 (31.5)

<0.001

  31 to 90 days

212 (35.8)

77 (26.6)

 

  >90 days

244 (41.1)

101 (34.9)

 
  1. CGI-S, Clinical Global Impression of Severity; DAI-10, Drug Attitude Inventory - short version; EQ-5D, European Quality of Life instrument-5 dimensions; SD, standard deviation; VAS, visual analog scale.