Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics
|
Characteristic |
Experimental group (n = 30) |
Control group (n = 30) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | |
| Gender |
|
|
|
|
| Male |
15 |
50.0 |
15 |
50.0 |
| Female |
15 |
50.0 |
15 |
50.0 |
| Medication |
|
|
|
|
| Atypical antipsychotic |
10 |
33.3 |
11 |
36.7 |
| Typical antipsychotic |
1 |
3.3 |
4 |
13.3 |
| Both |
19 |
63.3 |
15 |
50.0 |
| Partnership |
12 |
40 |
8 |
26.7 |
| Employment status (working) |
12 |
40 |
13 |
43.3 |
| Housing in own apartment / house |
19 |
63.3 |
20 |
66.7 |
| |
Mean |
SD |
Mean |
SD |
| Age |
36.43 |
12.99 |
36.87 |
14.65 |
| Years of education |
10.83 |
3.25 |
10.47 |
2.45 |
| Duration of illness | 7.93 | 8.28 | 8.97 | 9.65 |