Table 1.
Baseline socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients enrolled in the study.
| All data: no. (%) or mean (SD) median | Group A n = 20 |
Group B n = 20 |
Statistics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex Males Females |
18 (90%) 2 (10%) |
20 (100%) 0 (0%) |
Chi-Square = 0.52, df = 1, p = .46 |
| Age | 41.5 (8.3) 41 | 35.5 (9.0) 31 | t = 2.18, df = 38, p = .03 |
| Education Compulsory school High school University Degree or higher |
17 (85%) 2 (10%) 1 (5%) |
16 (80%) 4 (20%) 0 (0%) |
Chi-Square = 1.69, df = 2, p = .43 |
| Civil status Unmarried Divorced |
19 (95%) 1 (5%) |
20 (100%) 0 (0%) |
Chi-Square = 0.00, df = 1, p = 1.00 |
| Living condition Living alone Living with others |
4 (20%) 16 (80%) |
4 (20%) 16 (80%) |
Chi-Square = 0.00, df = 1, p = 1.00 |
| Occupational status Employed Unemployed Disability pension |
1 (5%) 7 (35%) 12 (60%) |
0 (0%) 4 (20%) 16 (80%) |
Chi-Square = 2.39, df = 2, p = .30 |
| Diagnosis Schizophreniaspectrum psychoses Affective psychoses Personality disorders |
14 (70%) 4 (20%) 2 (10%) |
9 (45%) 7 (35%) 4 (20%) |
Chi-Square = 2.57, df = 2, p = .27 |
| Clinical variables | |||
| HoNOS | 21.9 (7.6) 20 | 21.2 (6.27) 18 | t = .34, df = 38, p = .73 |
| BPRS | 50.4 (21.3) 46 | 53.9 (14.1) 54 | t = – .60, df = 38, p = .55 |
| GAF | 49.5 (16.3) 53 | 54.9 (7.8) 51 | t = – 1.33, df = 38, p = .19 |
Group A refers to the group that participated in the dolphin-finding expeditions in the first year of the study; Group B is the group that participated in the dolphin-finding expeditions in the second year of the study, and served as a control group of Group A.