FRANCE GERMANY SWEDEN ALL PVALUE
Psychiatrists   N=37 N=39 N=19 N=95  
Practice Environment Rural 1 (2.70%) 4 (10.26%) 0 5 (5.26%) p = 0.16
Semi-urban 9 (24.32%) 4 (10.26%) 2 (10.53%) 15 (15.79%)
Urban 27 (72.97%) 31 (79.49%) 17 (89.47%) 75 (78.95%)
Practice type Private 7 (18.92%) 3 (7.69%) 0 10 (10.53%) p < 0.0001
Academia 1 (2.70%) 7 (17.95%) 0 8 (8.42%)
Specialty clinic 1 (2.70%) 17 (43.59%) 13 (68.42%) 31 (32.63%)
Public 25 (67.57%) 3 (7.69%) 3 (15.79%) 31 (32.63%)
Combined private/public 3 (8.11%) 7 (17.95%) 3 (15.79%) 13 (13.68%)
Other 0 2 (5.13%) 0 2 (2.11%)
Number of years since thesis Mean (SD) 16.81 (6.36) 17.44 (9.65) 11.84 (5.73) 16.07 (8.00) p = 0.03
Patients   N=123 N=121 N=43 N=287  
Gender Male 75 (60.98%) 78 (64.46%) 30 (69.77%) 183 (63.76%) p = 0.57
Female 48 (39.02%) 43 (35.54%) 13 (30.23%) 104 (36.24%)
Age Mean (SD) 32.90 (11.08) 34.15 (11.52) 35.79 (8.52) 33.86 (10.94) p = 0.31
Family situation Single 97 (77.60%) 73 (81.11%) 59 (75.64%) 219 (76.31%) p = 0.27
Couple 28 (22.40%) 17 (18.89%) 19 (24.36%) 68 (23.69%)
Living conditions Alone 52 (41.60%) 44 (48.89%) 36 (46.15%) 117 (40.77%) p = 0.002
Family 59 (47.20%) 39 (43.33%) 37 (47.44%) 142 (49.48%)
Other 14 (11.20%) 7 (7.78%) 5 (6.41%) 28 (9.76%)
Number of children No children 98 (79.67%) 67 (79.76%) 58 (76.32%) 220 (79.42%) p = 0.45
1 or more children 25 (20.33%) 17 (20.24%) 18 (23.68%) 57 (20.58%)
Employment and occupational status Paid 18 (14.40%) 11 (12.22%) 12 (15.38%) 44 (15.33%) p = 0.002
Voluntary/Sheltered employment 18 (14.40%) 16 (17.78%) 17 (21.79%) 45 (15.68%)
Unemployed/Other 89 (71.20%) 63 (70.00%) 49 (62.82%) 198 (68.99%)
Highest completed level of education Primary 39 (31.20%) 26 (28.89%) 24 (30.77%) 87 (30.31%) p < 0.0001
Secondary 52 (41.60%) 39 (43.33%) 41 (52.56%) 129 (44.95%)
Tertiary 20 (16.00%) 18 (20.00%) 12 (15.38%) 46 (16.03%)
Other 14 (11.20%) 7 (7.78%) 1 (1.28%) 25 (8.71%)
Schizophrenia type Paranoid 91 (72.80%) 54 (60.00%) 50 (64.10%) 189 (65.85%) p = 0.0002
Catatonic 3 (2.40%) 4 (4.44%) 5 (6.41%) 13 (4.53%)
Disorganized 15 (12.00%) 13 (14.44%) 8 (10.26%) 32 (11.15%)
Undifferentiated 11 (8.80%) 10 (11.11%) 13 (16.67%) 38 (13.24%)
Residual 5 (4.00%) 9 (10.00%) 2 (2.56%) 15 (5.23%)
Number of years since schizophrenia diagnosis Mean (SD) 9.81 (8.25) 10.59 (9.56) 9.81 (7.89) 9.57 (8.36) p = 0.55
Any concomitant mental conditions No 106 (84.80%) 76 (84.44%) 60 (76.92%) 243 (84.67%) p = 0.51
Yes 19 (15.20%) 14 (15.56%) 18 (23.08%) 44 (15.33%)
Any concomitant physical conditions No 106 (84.80%) 80 (88.89%) 70 (89.74%) 255 (88.85%) p = 0.41
Yes 19 (15.20%) 10 (11.11%) 8 (10.26%) 32 (11.15%)
Table 1: Prescriber and patient demographic characteristics