Table 1. Description and comparison of social demographic variables of the sample.
| Psychiatric Hospital | Community | Test | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients (S1) | Family caregivers(C1) | Patients(S2) | Family caregivers(C2) | ||
| N = 43 | N = 40 | N = 55 | N = 59 | ||
| Age(years) | 37.2±12.7 | 48.2±14.4 | 37.8±15.5 | 49.3±14.1 | F = 10.160* |
| Gender percentage (%) | X2 = 1.725 | ||||
| Male | 37.2 | 48.7 | 43.6 | 49.2 | |
| Female | 62.8 | 51.3 | 56.4 | 50.8 | |
| Marital status (%) | X2 = 44.852* | ||||
| Not married | 65.1 | 15.8 | 47.3 | 8.8 | |
| Married | 34.9 | 84.2 | 52.7 | 91.2 | |
| Education level (%) | X2 = 6.398 | ||||
| Illiterate or Primary School | 0 | 2.5 | 10.9 | 6.8 | |
| High school | 65.1 | 42.5 | 58.2 | 57.6 | |
| University or above | 34.9 | 55.0 | 30.9 | 35.6 | |
| Employment status (%) | X2 = 7.735 | ||||
| Unemployed | 43.9 | 15.4 | 34.0 | 32.7 | |
| Employed | 56.1 | 84.6 | 66.0 | 67.3 | |
| Personal income (dollars per month) | Z = -0.168 | ||||
| median | 191.9 | -- | 159.9 | -- | |
| range | 0~1279.2 | -- | 0~1279.2 | -- | |
| Length of psychiatric illness (years) | Z = -0.004 | ||||
| median | 4.5 | -- | 4.5 | -- | |
| range | 1~38 | -- | 1~33 | --; | |
| Scores of PANSS | 57.1 ±18.2 | -- | 55.2 ±16.7 | -- | t = 0.519;d.f = 96 |
| Insurance status (%) | X2 = 2.403 | ||||
| Without insurance | 34.9 | 35.0 | 40.0 | 44.1 | |
| Medical insurance | 41.9 | 35.0 | 38.2 | 37.3 | |
| other funding | 23.2 | 30.0 | 21.8 | 18.6 | |
Note. S1 = Hospitalised psychotic patients; C1 = Hospitalised psychotic patients’ family caregivers; S2 = Psychotic patients in the community; C2 = Psychotic patients’ family caregivers in the community; PANSS = positive and negative symptom scale
* P<0.001