Example 2 Table. Relative Rates of Rehospitalisation by Treatment in Patients in Community Care after First Hospitalisation due to Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder

Treatment No. of Relapses Person-Years Crude Relative Rate (95% Cl) Adjusted Relative Rate (95% Cl) Fully Adjusted Relative Rate (95% CI)
Perphenazine 53 187 0.41 (0.29 to 0.59) 0.45 (0.32 to 0.65) 0.32 (0.22 to 0.49)
Olanzapine 329 822 0.59 (0.45 to 0.75) 0.55 (0.43 to 0.72) 0.54 (0.41 to 0.71)
Clozapine 336 804 0.61 (0.47 to 0.79) 0.53 (0.41 to 0.69) 0.64 (0.48 to 0.85)
Chlorprothixene 79 146 0.79 (0.58 to 1.09) 0.83 (0.61 to 1.15) 0.64 (0.45 to 0.91)
Thioridazine 115 201 0.84 (0.63 to 1.12) 0.82 (0.61 to 1.10) 0.70 (0.51 to 0.96)
Perphenazine 155 327 0.69 (0.58 to 0.82) 0.78 (0.59 to 1.03) 0.85 (0.63 to 1.13)
Risperidone 343 651 0.77 (0.60 to 0.99) 0.80 (0.62 to 1.03) 0.89 (0.69 to 1.16)
Haloperid 73 107 1.00 1.00 1.00
Chlorpromazine 82 127 0.94 (0.69 to 1.29) 0.97 (0.71 to 1.33) 1.06 (0.76 to 1.47)
Levomepromazine 52 63 1.21 (0.84 to 1.73) 0.82 (0.58 to 1.18) 1.09 (0.76 to 1.57)
No antipsychotic drugs 2248 3362 0.98 (0.77 to 1.23) 1.01 (0.80 to 1.27) 1.16 (0.91 to 1.47)