Research Article

[Retracted] Short- and Long-Term Influences of Benzodiazepine and Z-Drug Use in Patients with Bipolar Disorder Combined Sleep Disturbance during Affective Period: A Nine-Month Follow-Up Analysis

Table 3

Amounts of each psychotropic drug between two groups at baseline.

BZD/Z-drug groupNo BZD/Z-drug group

Number (%)33 (54.1%)28 (45.9%)//
Mean rank of mood stabilizers25.9835.96-2.0700.038
Mean rank of atypical antipsychotics29.1633.87-0.7130.476
Mean rank of SSRIs32.6631.57-0.1770.859
Mean rank of SNRIs30.7232.84-0.1980.843
Mean rank of NaSSAs31.2832.47-0.5070.612
Mean rank of other antidepressants31.2632.49-0.4440.657
Mean rank of typical antipsychotics30.7432.83-0.6730.501
Mean rank of other anxiolytics30.0033.32-1.8900.059

SSRIs: selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors; SNRIs: serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors; NaSSAs: noradrenergic and specific serotonergic antidepressants. .