Table 1.
Sociodemographic and clinical profiles of the respondents
| Patients | Caregivers | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | |
| Demographic variable | ||||
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 49 | 41.9 | 56 | 47.9 |
| Female | 68 | 58.1 | 61 | 52.1 |
| Age | ||||
| ≤ 45 years | 77 | 65.8 | 34 | 29.1 |
| > 45 years | 40 | 34.2 | 83 | 70.9 |
| Race | ||||
| Malay | 49 | 41.9 | 49 | 41.9 |
| Others | 68 | 58.1 | 68 | 58.1 |
| Religion | ||||
| Islam | 52 | 44.4 | 52 | 44.4 |
| Others | 65 | 55.6 | 14 | 7.7 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Married | 30 | 25.6 | 80 | 68.4 |
| Single/Divorced/Widowed | 87 | 74.4 | 37 | 31.6 |
| Educational level | ||||
| Lower (Non/Primary) | 33 | 28.2 | 32 | 27.4 |
| Higher (Secondary/Tertiary) | 84 | 71.8 | 85 | 72.6 |
| Employment status | ||||
| Yes | 23 | 19.7 | 60 | 51.3 |
| No | 94 | 80.3 | 57 | 48.7 |
| Financial aid | ||||
| Yes | 11 | 9.4 | - | - |
| No | 106 | 90.6 | - | - |
| Relationship with patients | ||||
| Parents | - | - | 51 | 43.6 |
| Others | - | - | 66 | 56.4 |
| Illness variable | ||||
| Duration of illness | ||||
| <10 years | 53 | 45.3 | - | - |
| ≥ 10 years | 64 | 54.7 | - | - |
| Onset of illness | ||||
| < 45 | 102 | 87.2 | - | - |
| > 45 | 15 | 12.8 | - | - |
| No of hospitalization | ||||
| < 4 | 105 | 89.7 | - | - |
| ≥ 4 | 12 | 10.3 | - | - |
| Attending day care | ||||
| Yes | 16 | 13.7 | - | - |
| No | 101 | 86.3 | - | - |
| Types of medication | ||||
| Typical/Mixed | 37 | 31.6 | - | - |
| Atypical | 80 | 68.4 | - | - |
| Mean score | SD | Mean score | SD | |
| WHOQOL total | - | - | 254.74 | 52.50 |
| Physical | - | - | 66.62 | 14.36 |
| Psychological | - | - | 61.32 | 15.52 |
| Social | - | - | 62.72 | 17.33 |
| Environmental | - | - | 64.02 | 14.86 |
| BPRS | 27.82 | 8.24 | ||
| SRRS | 107.66 | 86.92 | ||
N = number of respondents
SD = standard deviation