Table 2.
Patient demographic characteristics
| Variable | MCT group (n = 46) n (%) |
Control group (n = 48) n (%) |
t/ 2/z | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years,± SD) | 34.19 ± 8.11 | 34.54 ± 7.07 | 0.22 | 0.826 |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 26 (56.5) | 23 (47.9) | 0.69 | 0.404 |
| Female | 20 (43.5) | 25 (52.1) | ||
| Education level | ||||
| Below middle school | 3 (6.5) | 2 (4.2) | 1.41 | 0.157 |
| Middle school | 15 (32.6) | 14 (29.2) | ||
| Middle school | 28 (60.9) | 32 (66.6) | ||
| Occupation | ||||
| Student | 1 (2.1) | 2 (4.2) | 2.07 | 0.558 |
| Farmer | 18 (39.1) | 24 (50.0) | ||
| Office clerk | 16 (34.8) | 15 (31.3) | ||
| Other | 11 (23.9) | 7 (14.6) | ||
| Marital status | ||||
| Unmarried | 11 (23.9) | 14 (29.2) | 0.87 | 0.642 |
| Married | 24 (52.2) | 26 (54.2) | ||
| Divorced | 11 (23.9) | 8 (16.6) | ||
| Length of schizophrenia/year | ||||
| < 2 | 5 (10.8) | 3 (6.2) | 1.34 | 0.512 |
| 2 ~ 10 | 20 (43.5) | 26 (54.2) | ||
| > 10 | 21 (45.6) | 19 (39.6) | ||
| Number of admissions | ||||
| 1 | 26 (56.5) | 31 (64.5) | 0.65 | 0.514 |
| 2 ~ 3 | 17 (36.9) | 13 (27.1) | ||
| > 3 | 3 (6.5) | 4 (8.3) | ||
| Drug type | ||||
| Olanzapine | 14 (30.4) | 12 (25.0) | ||
| Risperidone | 12 (26.1) | 14 (29.2) | ||
| Aripiprazole | 8 (17.4) | 7 (14.6) | ||
| Quetiapine | 12 (26.1) | 15 (31.2) | ||
| Conversion to olanzapine mg/d | 17.60 ± 2.73 | 17.08 ± 2.88 | 0.90 | 0.368 |