Table 1.
Baseline Characteristics of Patients with Schizophrenia in Two Intervention and Placebo Groups
| Variables |
Intervention group
(n = 23) |
Placebo group
(n = 23) |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (mean ± SD years) | 35.65 ± 10.26 | 33.39 ± 8.03 | 0.410a | |
| Duration of illness (mean ± SD years) | 7.04 ± 9.98 | 5.04 ± 4.66 | 0.389a | |
| Gender N (%) |
Men | 16 (69.6) | 19 (82.6) | 0.300b |
| Women | 7 (30.4) | 4 (17.4) | ||
| Marital status N (%) |
Single | 9 (39.1) | 12 (52.2) | 0.666b |
| Married | 10 (43.5) | 6 (26.1) | ||
| Widowed | 1 (4.3) | 1 (4.3) | ||
| Divorced | 3 (13) | 4 (17.4) | ||
| Place of residence N (%) |
Urban | 17 (73.9) | 13 (56.5) | 0.216b |
| Rural | 6 (26.1) | 10 (43.5) | ||
| Education level N (%) |
Illiterate | 1 (4.3) | 3 (13) | 0.402b |
| High school | 11 (47.8) | 12 (52.2) | ||
| High school diploma and postgraduate diploma |
11 (47.8) | 7 (30.4) | ||
| Bachelor's and Master's degrees |
0 (0) | 1 (4.3) | ||
Note: “a” indicates the use of independent samples t-test; “b” indicates the use of chi-square test.