Table 2: Medication prescribed at discharge from the hospital.
| Drugs n, (%) |
SPDC 1 (n =161) |
SPDC 2 (n = 196) |
p |
| First-generation antipsychotics |
|
|
|
|
haloperidol |
47 (29.2) |
33 (16.8) |
0.0072 |
| promazine |
29 (18.0) |
25 (12.8) |
0.1834 |
| chlorpromazine |
7 (4.3) |
3 (1.5) |
0.1952 |
| others |
2 (1.2) |
1 (0.5) |
0.5908 |
| Second-generation antipsychotics |
|
|
|
|
quetiapine |
40 (24.8) |
55 (28.1) |
0.5479 |
| aripiprazole |
18 (11.2) |
38 (19.4) |
0.0404 |
| olanzapine |
9 (5.6) |
26 (13.3) |
0.0192 |
| asenapine |
11 (6.8) |
6 (3.1) |
0.1330 |
| clozapine |
9 (5.6) |
10 (5.1) |
0.4322 |
| risperidone |
9 (5.6) |
13 (6.6) |
0.8258 |
| others |
6 (3.7) |
7 (3.6) |
1.0000 |
| Anticonvulsants |
|
|
|
|
valproate |
40 (24.8) |
53 (27.0) |
0.7164 |
| carbamazepine |
12 (7.5) |
19 (9.7) |
0.5717 |
| lamotrigine |
5 (3.1) |
5 (2.6) |
0.7591 |
| others |
7 (4.3) |
18 (9.2) |
0.0953 |
| Lithium |
55 (34.2) |
33 (16.8) |
0.0002 |
Differences in proportions were calculated with Fisher’s exact test. P values < 0.05 are displayed in bold.