Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health

Table 4 Clinical state an scores of LAQ

From: Validation of the Portuguese version of the Lithium Attitudes Questionnaire (LAQ) in bipolar patients treated with lithium: cross-over study

	LAQ 1		P	LAQ 2		p
Clinical state	Adherent	no adherent		adherent	no adherent
Euthymic	52 (80%)	23 (57,5%)	0,011	73 (77,7%)	3 (25%)	0,001
Manic	3 (4,6%)	9 (22,5%)	0,012	8 (8,5%0	4 (33,3%)	0,001
Depressive	10 (15,4%)	8 (20%)	0,081	13 (13,8%)	5 (41,7%)	0,001

A Pearson Chi-Square showed significant differences between the LAQ 1 scores of patients currently euthymic or manic. There were also significant differences between the LAQ 2 scores of patients currently euthymic, manic or depressive.

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