Table 2.

Characteristics of Papanicolaou tests and clinical visits of women with psychosis (ie, cases) and women without psychosis (ie, noncases)

CHARACTERISTICSCASES (N = 51), N (%)NONCASES (N = 118), N (%)PVALUE*
No. of Pap tests.008
  • 027 (52.9)31 (26.3)
  • 114 (27.5)47 (39.8)
  • 28 (15.7)27 (22.9)
  • ≥ 32 (3.9)13 (11.0)
Pap test collected by.903
  • family physician20 (83.3)74 (86.0)
  • gynecologist2 (10.0)7 (8.1)
  • both2 (10.0)5 (5.8)
Has a gynecologist4 (7.8)23 (19.5).058
No. of full physical examinations.198
  • 025 (49.0)42 (35.6)
  • 117 (33.3)43 (36.4)
  • ≥ 29 (17.6)33 (28.0)
No. of clinical visits.035
  • 1–96 (11.8)32 (27.1)
  • 10–1413 (25.5)35 (29.7)
  • ≥ 1532 (62.7)51 (43.2)
No. of missed appointments.0002
  • 013 (25.5)62 (52.5)
  • 1–215 (29.4)36 (30.5)
  • ≥ 323 (45.1)20 (16.9)
  • * P value for Pearson χ2 test comparing cases and noncases.

  • In this category, n = 24 for the cases group; n = 86 for the noncases group.