Table 2. Patient characteristics.
| Schizophrenic disorders group (the F2 group) N = 65 | Mood disorders group (the F3 group) N = 95 | p-value | ||
| age (years) | Mean (SD) | 39.2 (14.7) | 49.8 (16.9) | <0.001† |
| Gender | male (%) | 40 (61.5) | 44 (46.8) | n.s.‡ |
| female (%) | 25 (38.5) | 50 (53.2) | ||
| Past suicide attempt history | yes (%) | 21 (32.3) | 20 (21.3) | n.s.‡ |
| no (%) | 44 (67.7) | 74 (78.7) | ||
| unkown (%) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | ||
| Within-1-year suicide reattempts | yes (%) | 10 (15.4) | 12 (12.8) | n.s.‡ |
| no (%) | 55 (84.6) | 82 (87.2) | ||
| unkown (%) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | ||
| Physical disorder | yes (%) | 3 (4.6) | 25 (26.6) | <0.001‡ |
| no (%) | 61 (93.9) | 67 (71.3) | ||
| unkown (%) | 1 (1.5) | 2 (2.1) | ||
| Jobless | yes (%) | 50 (76.9) | 65 (69.1) | n.s.‡ |
| no (%) | 11 (16.9) | 22 (23.4) | ||
| unkown (%) | 4 (6.2) | 7 (7.4) | ||
| Requirements for public assistance | yes (%) | 14 (21.5) | 10 (10.6) | n.s.‡ |
| no (%) | 51 (78.5) | 84 (89.4) | ||
| unkown (%) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | ||
| Living alone | yes (%) | 14 (21.5) | 24 (25.5) | n.s.‡ |
| no (%) | 45 (69.2) | 66 (70.2) | ||
| unkown (%) | 6 (9.3) | 4 (4.3) | ||
| Past/present psychiatric treatment | yes (%) | 54 (83.1) | 54 (57.4) | 0.01‡ |
| no (%) | 11 (16.9) | 40 (42.6) | ||
| unkown (%) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | ||
| More than 3 months interruption of psychiatric treatment | yes (%) | 8 (12.3) | 2 (2.1) | 0.016§ |
| no (%) | 57 (87.7) | 92 (97.9) | ||
| unkown (%) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
†
t-test;
‡
chi- square test;
§
Fisher's exact test.