Table 1 Basic demographic and clinical characteristics of the study sample
From: Use of electroconvulsive therapy in adolescents with schizophrenia in China
The whole sample (N = 835) | ECT group (N = 411) | Non-ECT group (N = 424) | Statistics | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | X | DF | P | |
Male | 439 | 52.6 | 246 | 59.9 | 193 | 45.5 | 17.2 | 1 | < 0.001 |
High risk for aggression | 246 | 29.5 | 174 | 42.3 | 72 | 17 | 64.6 | 1 | < 0.001 |
High risk for suicide | 77 | 21.2 | 124 | 30.2 | 53 | 12.5 | 39.0 | 1 | < 0.001 |
Family history | 98 | 11.7 | 60 | 14.6 | 38 | 9 | 6.4 | 1 | 0.011 |
SGAs | 812 | 97.3 | 403 | 98.1 | 409 | 96.5 | 2.0 | 1 | 0.160 |
FGAs | 56 | 6.7 | 26 | 6.3 | 30 | 7.1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.665 |
Antidepressants | 187 | 22.4 | 115 | 28.0 | 72 | 17.0 | 14.5 | 1 | < 0.001 |
Benzodiazepines | 496 | 59.4 | 268 | 65.2 | 228 | 53.8 | 11.3 | 1 | 0.001 |
Mood stabilizers | 126 | 15.1 | 59 | 14.4 | 67 | 11.1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.559 |
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Z | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (year) | 15.5 | 1.44 | 15.9 | 1.31 | 15.2 | 1.48 | 9.2 | 0.003 | |
Hospitalizations (n) | 1.86 | 1.12 | 1.88 | 1.15 | 1.83 | 1.01 | 0.15 | 0.696 | |
Length of hospitalization (days) | 36.7 | 15.47 | 36.4 | 15.27 | 37.0 | 15.67 | 0.24 | 0.628 |