Table 1.

Socio-demographical data of patients included in the study.

Characteristics		Experimental group (n = 153)	Control group (n = 140)	t/χ2	p
Age		38.15 ± 13.02	39.4 ± 13.07	0.819	0.413
Gender	Women	79 (51.6%)	70 (50%)	0.038	0.845
	Men	74 (48.4%)	70 (50%)	0.037	0.848
Marital status	Unmarried	44 (28.8%)	33 (23.6%)	0.258	0.611
	Married	80 (52.3%)	93 (66.4%)	3.538	0.060
	Divorced	17 (11.1%)	7 (5%)	0.209	0.647
	Widower	9 (5.9%)	6 (4.3%)	0.017	0.895
	Stable relationship	3 (2%)	1 (0.7%)	0.006	0.939
Geographical Distribution	Rural	74 (48.4%)	73 (52.1%)	0.200	0.654
	Urban	79 (51.6%)	67 (47.9%)	0.197	0.657
Education	Gymnasium	12 (7.8%)	10 (7.1%)	0.004	0.951
	High school	20 (13.1%)	24 (17.1%)	0.132	0.716
	College	71 (46.4%)	61 (43.6%)	0.103	0.748
	License	39 (25.5%)	32 (22.9%)	0.064	0.800
	Master or Doctorate	11 (7.2%)	13 (9.3%)	0.033	0.856
Ethnicity	Romanian	93 (60.8%)	91 (65%)	0.346	0.556
	Hungarian	35 (22.9%)	26 (18.6%)	0.163	0.686
	Roma	18 (11.8%)	14 (10%)	0.025	0.873
	Others	7 (4.6%)	9 (6.4%)	0.023	0.880
Health insurance	Health insurance	123 (82.4%)	109 (77.9%)	0.736	0.390
	Uninsured	27 (17.6%)	31 (22.1%)	0.111	0.739
Occupation	Workers	22 (14.4%)	28 (20%)	0.262	0.608
	Physicians	17 (11.1%)	10 (7.1%)	0.112	0.738
	Student	13 (8.5%)	10 (7.1%)	0.015	0.903
	Nurses	7 (4.6%)	6 (4.3%)	0.001	0.980
	Sellers	7 (4.6%)	5 (3.6%)	0.007	0.934
	Engineers	8 (5.2%)	8 (5.7%)	0.002	0.966
	Other	79 (52.6%)	8 (5.7%)	6.345	0.011

t, t-test; χ², chi-squared test; p, statistical significance.