Quality of Life in Bipolar Type I Disorder in a One-Year Followup

Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with bipolar disorder (𝑁=59) or schizophrenia (𝑁=43).

Variable	Bipolar disorder; 𝑁 (%) or mean ± SD	Schizophrenia; 𝑁 (%) or mean ± SD	Test	𝑃 value
Gender (male)	34 (59.6)	24 (61.5)	𝜒^2 = 0.035	0.853
Age	33.6 ± 12.4	40.4 ± 11.0	𝑇=−2.759	0.007**
Number of previous episodes	2.9 ± 2.4	4.6 ± 6.6	𝑍=−0.763	0.445
Education level			𝜒^2 = 13.383	0.063
Elementary school	11 (19.3)	5 (12.8)
Middle school	24 (42.1)	7 (17.9)
High school	11 (19.3)	9 (23.1)
Graduate school	10 (17.5)	12 (30.8)
University	1 (1.80)	6 (15.4)
Marital status			𝜒^2 = 7.891	0.005**
Married	20 (35.7)	4 (10.3)
Not married	36 (64.3)	35 (89.7)
Working status			𝜒^2 = 2.594	0.107
Employed	9 (15.8)	2 (5.1)
Not employed	48 (84.2)	37 (94.9)
CGI	4.59 (1.2)	4.77 (1.0)	𝑇=−0.771	0.443
GAF	31.36 (12.1)	27.05 (9.7)	𝑇=1.832	0.07

CGI: Clinical Global Impression score.
GAF: Global Assessment of Functioning score.