Health-care needs of remitted patients with bipolar disorder: A comparison with schizophrenia

Table 5 Correlates of health-care needs^1,2

Univariate associations	CAN-R scores as per patients’ reports (n = 225)				CAN-R scores as per caregivers’ reports (n = 225)
	Met needs	Unmet needs		Total needs	Met needs	Unmet needs		Total needs
Duration of illness	-0.237
GAF scores		-0.422				-0.553		-0.443
WHOQOL total scores		-0.294				-0.367		-0.306
WHOQOL general		-0.288				-0.276		-0.306
WHOQOL physical health						-0.300
WHOQOL psychological		-0.267				-0.287		-0.295
WHOQOL social relationship		-0.287				-0.304		-0.249
WHOQOL environment						-0.337		-0.242
Multiple regression analyses
	Unmet needs - patients’ reports				Unmet needs - relatives’ reports
	R square		Adjusted R square		R square		Adjusted R square
GAF	0.203		0.199		0.291		0.288
GAF, PANSS positive	0.270		0.264		0.340		0.334
GAF, PANSS positive, Psychological Health domain of WHOQOL- BREF	0.293		0.283		0.361		0.353
					Total needs - relatives’ reports
GAF					0.182		0.178
GAF, PANSS positive					0.236		0.229
GAF, PANSS positive, Psychological Health domain of WHOQOL- BREF					0.258		0.248

¹Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation coefficients or Spearman’s Rank Correlation coefficients; ²Only those significant associations that persisted after adjusting for multiple correlations using Bonferroni correction are depicted. Bonferroni value = 0.05/60 = 0.00083. CAN-R: Camberwell Assessment of Need-Research version; GAF: Global Assessment of Functioning; WHOQOL-BREF: World Health Organization Quality of Life Bref version; PANSS: Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale for Schizophrenia; BD: Bipolar disorder.