Table 1. Demographic and clinical characteristic of the sample.
| Patients (n = 60) | Controls (n = 58) | t/x2 | P | |
| Age | 31.47 (8.16) | 30.83 (6.59) | –1.11 | 0.27 |
| Years of education | 12.37 (2.51) | 13.91 (2.849) | 0.47 | 0.64 |
| Male, n (%) | 33 (55.0%) | 37 (63.8%) | 0.95 | 0.33 |
| Illness duration | 8.22 (5.70) | |||
| Years of untreated psychosis | 1.36 (2.11) | |||
| Chlorpromazine equivalents, mg/d | 532.78 (368.72) | |||
| PANSS positive | 12.90 (3.44) | |||
| PANSS negative | 12.83 (4.45) | |||
| PANSS total | 50.48 (8.92) | |||
| SASS | 33.98 (7.62) | 35.97(6.51) | –1.52 | 0.13 |
| WHOQOL | ||||
| Physical health | 24.03 (4.02) | 26.40 (3.21) | –3.53 | .001 |
| Psychological health | 19.70 (4.25) | 21.67 (3.400) | –2.78 | .006 |
| Social relationship | 9.17 (2.44) | 11.60 (2.66) | –5.20 | .000 |
| Environment | 25.48 (5.21) | 28.52 (9.04) | –2.24 | .027 |
| Total score | 77.55 (13.82) | 86.77 (10.30) | –4.08 | .000 |
The values are the mean (SD).
Student’s t-test and Chi-square test were used to examine differences between groups.