Comparison of health-related quality of life among patients using atypical antipsychotics for treatment of depression: results from the National Health and Wellness Survey

Kalsekar, Iftekhar; Wagner, Jan-Samuel; DiBonaventura, Marco; Bates, Jay; Forbes, Robert; Hebden, Tony

doi:10.1186/1477-7525-10-81

Table 1 Demographic and health characteristic differences between patients taking aripiprazole or another atypical antipsychotic to treat their depression

From: Comparison of health-related quality of life among patients using atypical antipsychotics for treatment of depression: results from the National Health and Wellness Survey

Variable		Aripiprazole (n = 255)		Other atypical (n = 171)		χ²	p
Variable		n	%	n	%	χ²	p
Male		110	43.14%	81	47.37%	0.74	0.391
Ethnicity
	White	194	76.08%	129	75.44%	0.02	0.880
	Black	31	12.16%	19	11.11%	0.11	0.741
	Hispanic	14	5.49%	14	8.19%	1.13	0.289
	Other	16	6.27%	9	5.26%	0.20	0.659
Married/living with partner		112	43.92%	68	39.77%	0.73	0.394
Region
	Northeast	48	18.82%	36	21.05%	0.32	0.575
	Midwest	57	22.35%	50	29.24%	2.50	0.115
	South	98	38.43%	49	28.66%	4.48	0.035
	West	52	20.39%	36	21.05%	0.03	0.869
Some college education (or higher)		194	76.08%	123	71.93%	0.91	0.342
Annual household income
	<$25 K	98	38.43%	69	40.35%	0.16	0.692
	$25 K to < $50 K	75	29.41%	53	30.99%	0.12	0.728
	$50 K to < $75 K	45	17.65%	24	14.04%	1.02	0.313
	$75 K or more	37	14.51%	25	14.62%	0.00	0.975
Employment status
	Currently employed	95	37.25%	64	37.43%	0.00	0.971
	Unemployed	55	21.57%	54	31.58%	5.18	0.023
	On disability	20	7.84%	7	4.09%	2.73	0.099
	Retired	41	16.08%	11	6.43%	10.49	0.001
On health insurance		230	90.20%	138	80.70%	7.13	0.008
Currently smoke		83	32.55%	78	45.61%	7.35	0.007
Exercise behavior
	None in past month	128	50.20%	85	49.71%	0.01	0.921
	One to nine times a month	66	25.88%	38	22.22%	0.76	0.385
	Ten or more times a month	61	23.92%	48	28.07%	0.91	0.342
Currently drink alcohol		135	52.94%	106	61.99%	3.46	0.063
Body mass index
	Normal	40	15.69%	41	23.98%	4.32	0.038
	Overweight	65	25.49%	46	26.90%	0.10	0.746
	Obese	147	57.65%	84	49.12%	2.99	0.084
	Obese	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	t	p
Age		47.87	12.41	46.22	11.1	1.40	0.162
Charlson comorbidity index		0.94	1.78	1.16	1.78	−1.47	0.142

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