Table 1.

Socio-demographical and medical history characteristics of the schizophrenia sample group

Sample group (n=100)		Median (25–75%)
Age		42 (32–51)
Duration of Education (years)		11 (5–11)
Monthly income (TL)		1000 (700–1300)
Age at disease onset		20 (18–28)
Age at the beginning of the treatment		24 (19–30)
Age at first hospitalization		24 (19–33)
Duration of diseased years (in years)		15 (8–26)
Total hospital stay (in months)		3 (2–6)
		n	%
Gender	Female	33	33
	Male	67	67
Place of birth	Village–town	60	60
	City	40	40
Place of living	Village–town	85	85
	City	15	15
Marital status	Married	41	41
	Unmarried	45	45
	Widow–divorced	14	14
Employment status	Unemployed	38	38
	Retired	32	32
	Irregular worker	12	12
	Regular worker	18	18
Legal conflict	Yes	8	8
	No	92	92
History of penal custody	Yes	7	7
	No	93	93
Prison stay	Yes	2	2
	No	98	98
Suicide attempt	Yes	35	35
	No	65	65
Self-harm	Yes	18	18
	No	82	82
Homicide attempt	Yes	10	10
	No	90	90
Psychiatric disease in first degree relatives
	No	50	50
	Schizophrenia	32	32
	Affect disorders	10	10
	Anxiety disorders	5	5
	Alcohol substance	2	2
	Others	1	1