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Table 3 Summary clinical and demographic information of service users interviewed (n = 21)

From: Enhanced relapse prevention for bipolar disorder: a qualitative investigation of value perceived for service users and care coordinators

Characteristic

n (%)

Group

 

enhanced relapse prevention

14 (67)

treatment as usual

7 (33)

Sex

 

female

13 (62)

male

8 (38)

Age (years)

mean 47 (range 24–63)

Deprivation indices of work place**

 

lower quartile (least deprived)

3 (14)

mid lower quartile

4 (19)

mid upper quartile

6 (29)

upper quartile (most deprived)

8 (38)

Employment status

 

unemployed

10

part or full-time employed

7

retired

2

student

2

No. of previous episodes

 

Depression (n = 21)

 

0–2

5 (24)

3–5

0 (0)

6–10

1 (5)

11–20

4 (19)

>20

5 (23)

unknown

6 (29)

Mania (n = 21)

 

0–2

3 (14)

3–5

4 (19)

6–10

2 (11)

11–20

3 (14)

>20

4 (19)

unknown

5 (23)

Years since first episode

mean 21 (range 1–46)

Relapsed since ERP intervention*

 

Enhanced Relapse prevention

 

Yes

6 (43)

No

8 (57)

Treatment as Usual

 

Yes

2 (29)

No

5 (71)

  1. *At time of interview
  2. ** Townsend deprivation scores are the best indicator of material deprivation and disadvantage currently available in England. Postcodes were converted into Townsend deprivation indices (Townsend 1998) and categorised into bands in accordance with deprivation indices for England.