Table 1.

 Patient demographics and clinical variables

	Patients with schizophrenia (N = 102)	Patients with multiple sclerosis (N = 101)	Difference between patients with multiple sclerosis and patients with schizophrenia	Difference between experimental conditions (separated according to diagnosis)
Female sex, No. (%)	56 (55%)	67 (66%)	n.s.*	n.s.*
Mean (SD, median) age (years)	36.5 (11.42, 34.50)	38.4 (8.29, 39.00)	n.s.†	n.s.†
Education
None or elementary school	33 (32%)	38 (38%)	n.s.*	n.s.*
Secondary school	35 (34%)	33 (33%)
Grammar school (Higher secondary school)	34 (33%)	30 (30%)
Mean (SD, median) illness duration (years)	9.8 (9.18, 7.00)	9.9 (8.58, 8.00)	n.s.†	n.s.†
Mean (SD, median) length of current hospitalization (days)	65.5 (46.08, 56.00)	9.9 (7.22, 8.50)	t = −12.03, P < 0.001†	n.s.†

*Chi‐square test.

^† t test.