Table 1.
Demographics of Subjects With Thought Disorder According to Willingness to Participate in Research
| Total (N = 52) | Willing to Participate (n = 33) | Unwilling to Participate (n = 19) | Test of Difference | Significance | |
| Male | 76.9% (n = 40) | 72.7% (n = 24) | 84.2% (n = 16) | Fisher's Exact | 0.50 |
| Age in years | M = 37.39 | M = 38.18 | M = 37.11 | t(50) = −0.32 | 0.75 |
| (SD = 11.67) | (SD = 11.93) | (SD = 11.51) | |||
| Race | |||||
| White | 80.8% (n = 42) | 81.8% (n = 27) | 78.9% (n = 15) | Fisher's exact | 1.00 |
| Education | |||||
| High school graduate or less | 49.0% (n = 25) | 36.4% (n = 12) | 72.2% (n = 13) | Fisher's exact | 0.02 |
| More than high school | 51.0% (n = 26) | 65.6% (21) | 27.8% (5) | ||
| Number years had diseasea | M = 20.37 (SD = 28.56) | M = 21.63 (SD = 34.73) | M = 18.06 (SD = 10.94) | t(49) = −0.42 | 0.67 |
| Perceived disease progressb | |||||
| Worse | 3.9% (n = 2) | 3.1% (n = 1) | 5.3% (n = 1) | χ2(2) = 0.82 | 0.66 |
| Stable | 70.6% (n = 36) | 75.0% (n = 24) | 63.2% (n = 12) | ||
| Better | 25.5% (n = 13) | 21.9% (n = 7) | 31.6% (n = 6) | ||
| Expectation of condition in 6 monthsb | |||||
| Worse | 5.9% (n = 3) | 9.4% (n = 3) | 0% (n = 0) | χ2(2) = 1.98 | 0.37 |
| Stable | 47.1% (n = 24) | 46.9% (n = 15) | 47.4% (n = 9) | ||
| Better | 47.1% (n = 24) | 43.8% (n = 14) | 52.6% (n = 10) | ||
| Expectation of condition in 1 yearc | |||||
| Worse | 2.0% (n = 1) | 3.2% (n = 1) | 0% (n = 0) | χ2(2) = 3.07 | 0.22 |
| Stable | 46.9% (n = 23) | 54.8% (n = 17) | 33.3% (n = 6) | ||
| Better | 51.0% (n = 25) | 41.9% (n = 13) | 66.7% (n = 12) | ||
| Expectation of condition in 5 yearsd | |||||
| Worse | 13.9% (n = 5) | 13.8% (n = 4) | 5.9% (n = 1) | χ2(2) = 0.94 | 0.62 |
| Stable | 44.4% (n = 16) | 31.0% (n = 9) | 41.2% (n = 7) | ||
| Better | 69.4% (n = 25) | 55.2% (n = 16) | 52.9% (n = 9) | ||
| Participated in research beforeb | 39.2% (n = 20) | 43.8% (n = 14) | 31.6% (n = 6) | Fisher's exact | 0.55 |
| Outpatient | 13.5% (7) | 85.7% (6) | 5.3% (1) | Fisher's exact | .24 |
| Inpatient | 86.5% (45) | 60.0% (27) | 40.0% (18) |
M = mean; SD = standard deviation
a
N = 33 for Willing to Participate and n = 18 for Unwilling to Participate.
b
N = 32 for Willing to Participate and n = 19 for Unwilling to Participate.
c
N = 31 for Willing to Participate and n = 18 for Unwilling to Participate.
d
N = 29 for Willing to Participate and n = 17 for Unwilling to Participate.