Table 2

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

Characteristic

n (%)


Group

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 (47)

part or full-time employed

7 (33)

retired

student

2 (10)

2 (10)


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 RP intervention*

Relapse Prevention

Yes

6 (43)

No

8 (57)

Treatment as Usual

Yes

2 (29)

No

5 (71)


*At time of interview

**Postcodes were converted into Townsend deprivation indices [24] and categorized into bands in accordance with deprivation indices for England.

Peters et al. BMC Psychiatry 2011 11:172   doi:10.1186/1471-244X-11-172

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