Table 3 Proportion of patients in each treatment arm by current dose step at each time
Time | Dose step | Single agent (haloperidol) | Guideline therapy | Total | Chi-square, p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | n (%) | N | n (%) | N | n (%) | |||
24 h | Step 1 | 82 | 82 (100) | 92 | 92(100) | 174 | 174 (100) | |
48 ha | Step 1 | 28 (37.3) | 45 (54.2) | 74 (46.5) | ||||
Step 2 | 75 | 47 (62.7) | 83 | 38 (45.8) | 158 | 85 (53.5) | Χ2 = 4.5, p = 0.03 | |
72 h | Step 1 | 75 | 23 (30.7) | 74 | 36 (48.4) | 149 | 59 (39.6) | |
Step 2 | 30 (40.0) | 25 (33.8) | 55 (36.9) | Χ2 = 5.6, | ||||
Step 3 | 22 (29.3) | 13 (17.6) | 35 (23.5) | p = 0.06 | ||||