Research Article
Comparison of Sexual Experience and Behavior between Bipolar Outpatients and Outpatients without Mood Disorders
Table 2
Psychiatric history and clinical characteristics.
| Clinical measures | Bipolar disorders | Comparison | | | | Group effect | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | | df | |
| Age in years @ onset 1st Psychiatric Illness | 15.7 | (5.8) | 21.3 | (11.7) | 2.72 | 67 | 0.008 | Global assessment of function | | | | | | | | Average over the past year | 68.7 | (8.7) | 72.6 | (9.6) | 1.80 | 74 | 0.076 | Lowest week during last year | 54.8 | (13.7) | 64.9 | (12.1) | 3.41 | 74 | 0.001 | Duration of current treatment (months) | 77.3 | (107.1) | 46.6 | (67.4) | 1.43 | 74 | 0.158 | Hypomanic and manic symptoms | 5.7 | (1.5) | 0.14 | (.50) | 18.16 | 46 | <0.001 |
| | % | | % | | Fisher’s Exact |
| Episodes during the past year | | | | | | | | Manic episodes | 6 | (2) | 0 | (0) | 0.174 | Depressive episodes | 31 | (10) | 0 | (0) | 0.000 | Mixed episodes | 50 | (16) | 0 | (0) | 0.000 | Hospitalizations (lifetime) | | | | | | | | 0 | 63 | (20) | 98 | (41) | | | | 1 | 19 | (6) | 2 | (1) | | | | 2 or more | 19 | (6) | 0 | (0) | <0.0001 | Current psychotropic medications | | | | | | | | Antipsychotics | 44 | (14) | 7 | (3) | <0.001 | SSRI | 47 | (14) | 32 | (14) | 0.228 | Antidepressants | 23 | (7) | 14 | (6) | 0.363 | Mood stabilizers | 72 | (23) | 0 | (0) | <0.001 | Anxiolytics | 48 | (15) | 41 | (18) | 0.638 | Stimulants | 13 | (4) | 9 | (4) | 0.711 | Sleep | 19 | (6) | 18 | (8) | 1.00 | Phosphodiesterase | 10 | (3) | 2 | (1) | 0.300 | Other | 16 | (5) | 5 | (2) | 0.129 | Number of medications prescribed Mean (sd) -test | 2.8 | (1.3) | 1.3 | (1.3) | 5.20 | 74 | <0.001 | Bipolar family history First degree relatives | 53 | (16) | 5 | (2) | <0.001 | Significant medical illness (during the last year) | 34 | (11) | 30 | (13) | 0.803 |
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