Table 1 Demographic and clinical variables
From: Validity and reliability of the Functioning Assessment Short Test (FAST) in bipolar disorder
Bipolar patients | Control group | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
Age (p value = 0.31) | 45.45 | 13.66 | 49.16 | 17.66 |
Age of onset | 27.82 | 11.84 | ||
Chronicity | 17.92 | 11.51 | ||
Total episodes | 12.35 | 15.06 | ||
Manic episodes | 3.43 | 4.61 | ||
Hypomanic episodes | 3.00 | 9.43 | ||
Depressed episodes | 5.60 | 6.67 | ||
Hospitalization | 1.93 | 1.96 | ||
Suicide attempts | 1.44 | 0.49 | ||
HDRS | 5.41 | 7.17 | ||
YMRS | 4.08 | 6.67 | ||
GAF | 63.90 | 19.05 | ||
n | % | n | % | |
Sex (p value = 0.14) | ||||
Female | 52 | 51.5 | 35 | 57.4 |
Male | 49 | 48.5 | 26 | 42.6 |
Bipolar type I | 89 | 88.3 | ||
Bipolar type II | 11 | 10.7 | ||
Bipolar NOS | 1 | 1 |