Table 3 Number of patients (percentage in brackets) with least one psychotic drug taken at study entry, during hospitalisation and at discharge.
Study entry | Day 1 | Day 4 | Day 7 | Discharge | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patients taking at least one drug | 472 (64.8) | 661 (90.8) | 601 (94.9) | 461 (95.2) | 676 (92.9) |
Monotherapy | 117 (24.8) | 87 (13.2) | 43 (7.2) | 38 (8.2) | 91 (13.5) |
Combination with 2 drugs | 104 (22.0) | 192 (29.0) | 141 (23.5) | 95 (20.6) | 180 (26.6) |
Combination with 3 drugs | 128 (27.1) | 191 (28.9) | 180 (30.0) | 132 (28.6) | 196 (29.0) |
Combination with 4 drugs | 89 (18.9) | 128 (19.4) | 140 (23.3) | 110 (23.9) | 142 (21.0) |
Combination with > 4 drugs | 34 (7.2) | 50 (7.6) | 65 (10.8) | 52 (11.3) | 61 (9.0) |
Mean number of drugs (± SD) | 2.6 ± 1.3 | 2.9 ± 1.2 | 3.2 ± 1.3 | 3.3 ± 1.4 | 2.9 ± 1.2 |