Table 1.

Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of patients

	R-Sch (mean±SD)	Non-R-Sch (mean±SD)	p
Age	37.5±10.3	34.5±9.3	0.18**
Age at onset	24.5±8.5	23.1±9.5	0.49**
Duration of illness	12.9±7.5	10.9±6.3	0.20**
	(n; %)	(n; %)
Sex			0.49*
Male	22; 55.0	25; 62.5
Female	18; 45.0	15; 37.5
Living style			0.06*
Alone	2; 5.0	0; 0.0
With father–mother	21; 52.5	31; 77.5
With his/her own family	15; 37.5	9; 22.5
With relatives	2; 5.0	0; 0.0
Marital status			0.56*
Married	11; 27.5	12; 30.0
Bachelor	21; 52.5	24; 60.0
Divorced/widow	8; 20.0	4; 10.0
Employment			0.004*
Working	19; 47.5	7; 17.5
Not working	21; 52.5	33; 82.5
Hospitalization			0.33*
Yes	26; 65	30; 75.0
No	14; 35	10, 25.0
Smoking (n; %)			0.26*
Smoker	18; 45.0	23; 57.5
Non-smoker	22; 55.0	17; 42.5

^*Chi-square test;

^**Student’s t-test.

R-Sch: symptomatic remission; Non-R-Sch: not in symptomatic remission