Table 1. Demographic, socio-economic and clinical characteristics of the sample.

	Epilepsy	Migraine	Multiple Sclerosis	Parkinson	Stroke	Dementia	Depression	Schizophrenia	Substance Use
N	80	80	80	80	80	80	81	81	80
Age (years)
Mean (SD)	41.23 (11.99)	44.54 (12.12)	41.03 (8.74)	61.24 (10.45)	59.84 (14.36)	81.03 (5.49)	54.81 (14.73)	38.38 (14.03)	39.56 (13.15)
Gender (%)
Female	50.0	86.3	65.0	40.0	43.8	78.8	82.7	53.1	37.5
Marital status (N)
Married or in a relationship	42	53	50	65	62	25	37	10	29
Not married	38	27	30	15	18	55	44	71	51
Less than primary school	0.0	0.0	1.3	1.3	0.0	3.8	17.3	0.0	3.8
Primary school completed	1.3	1.3	1.3	13.8	22.5	18.8	16.0	4.9	35.0
Education (%)
Secondary school completed	28.8	18.8	23.8	26.3	22.5	3.8	11.1	4.9	32.5
High school completed	50.0	48.8	51.3	43.8	40.0	40.0	17.3	44.4	17.5
University or postgraduate degree completed	20.0	31.3	22.5	15.1	10.0	33.8	38.3	45.7	11.3
Working sample (%)	66.3	67.5	72.5	33.8	25.0	0.0	27.2	8.6	6.3
Disease duration (years)
Mean (SD)	18.67 (12.32)	21.13 (14.60)	7.66 (6.94)	6.26 (4.40)	4.00 (6.48)	3.69 (2.70)	12.63 (11.57)	13.03 (11.83)	12.16 (8.67)
Comorbidity score (SCQ score)
Mean (SD)	2.36 (2.97)	2.36 (2.55)	1.18 (2.17)	3.00 (2.63)	5.87 (4.87)	5.86 (4.17)	12.56 (5.09)	2.72 (3.14)	8.84 (4.76)
Social Support (OSS)
Mean (SD)	10.92 (1.32)	10.05 (2.30)	10.46 (2.05)	10.02 (1.99)	10.32 (1.49)	9.45 (2.18)	10.09 (2.55)	8.93 (2.63)	9.64 (2.04)
Quality of Life (WHOQOL)
Mean (SD)	14.02 (2.31)	14.30 (2.61)	13.43 (2.47)	14.43 (2.22)	13.80 (2.48)	15.27 (2.12)	16.41 (3.05)	15.15 (2.81)	14.40 (2.67)
Extraversion
Mean (SD)	2.98 (0.88)	3.02 (1.09)	3.28 (1.01)	2.90 (0.94)	3.05 (0.88)	3.14 (0.84)	3.16 (1.33)	2.89 (1.03)	3.11 (1.02)
Agreeableness
Mean (SD)	3.57 (0.71)	3.66 (0.89)	3.80 (0.90)	4.01 (0.89)	3.55 (0.76)	3.76 (0.92)	4.00 (1.12)	3.33 (1.12)	3.24 (0.84)
Disability (WHODAS)
Mean (SD)	10.88 (10.45)	21.56 (13.13)	15.75 (15.06)	18.65 (15.85)	19.17 (15.43)	30.93 (18.13)	42.40 (18.05)	35.05 (22.06)	39.62 (20.25)