Internet use by older adults with bipolar disorder: international survey results

International Journal of Bipolar Disorders

Table 1 Patient demographics (N = 1222)^a

	Age 60 or older (N = 187)		Age 59 or younger (N = 1021)		All ages (N = 1208)
	N	%	N	%	N	%
Diagnosis
BP I	107	58	657	65	764	63
BP II	70	38	308	30	378	32
BP NOS	8	4	48	5	56	5
Gender
Female	120	64	637	62	757	62
Male	68	36	390	38	458	38
Employment status
Full-time	31	17	529	52	560	47
Not full-time	156	83	482	48	638	53
Marital status
Married or living with partner	112	60	478	47	590	49
Not married	76	40	543	53	619	51
Income group
Upper income	14	8	66	7	80	7
Middle income	105	57	487	48	592	49
Lower income	65	35	468	45	533	44
Live alone
Yes	54	29	245	24	299	25
No	131	71	777	76	908	75
Mood in last 6 months
Mostly normal	118	63	460	45	578	48
Mostly not normal	69	37	561	55	630	52
BP disorder interfered with regular activities
Frequently or sometimes	89	47	676	66	765	63
Rarely or never	99	53	347	34	446	37
Confident managing living
Very confident	89	48	363	36	452	38
Not very confident	98	52	659	64	754	62
Confident knowing when to see physician
Very confident	117	62	578	57	695	57
Not very confident	71	38	445	43	516	43

	N	Mean (SD)	N	Mean (SD)	N	Mean (SD)
Years of education	184	13 (3.6)	1010	14 (3.1)	1194	14 (3.2)
Age of onset	186	36 (13.6)	1011	25 (9.4)	1197	27 (10.9)

^a14 patients were missing responses to questions on age or “Do you use the Internet”? All missing values were excluded