Table 2.
Socio-demographic characteristics of the study sample and SWEMWBS sub-group scores (N = 350)
| SWEMWBS score | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | Mean | SD | P value | ||
| Age (Mean, SD) | 39.1, 11.1 | |||||
| Gender | Men | 178 | 50.9 | 20.9 | 5.3 | 0.346 |
| Women | 172 | 49.1 | 21.4 | 5.4 | ||
| Ethnicity | Chinese | 143 | 40.9 | 20.8 | 4.6 | 0.560 |
| Malay | 102 | 29.1 | 21.1 | 5.7 | ||
| Indian | 105 | 30.0 | 21.6 | 5.9 | ||
| Marital status | Never married | 196 | 56.0 | 20.7 | 5.3 | 0.042# |
| Married | 105 | 30.0 | 22.2 | 5.4 | ||
| Divorced/ Separated/ Widowed | 49 | 14.0 | 20.4 | 5.1 | ||
| Education level | Some/Primary | 34 | 9.7 | 20.9 | 6.4 | 0.637 |
| Secondary | 120 | 34.3 | 20.6 | 4.8 | ||
| Vocational | 39 | 11.1 | 21.7 | 5.5 | ||
| A Level | 27 | 7.7 | 22.3 | 5.7 | ||
| Diploma | 86 | 24.6 | 21.4 | 5.8 | ||
| Tertiary | 44 | 12.6 | 21.1 | 4.6 | ||
| Employment status | Unemployed | 158 | 45.3 | 20.8 | 5.6 | 0.495 |
| Employed | 162 | 46.4 | 21.4 | 5.3 | ||
| Student | 12 | 3.4 | 22.0 | 4.0 | ||
| Retired | 7 | 2.0 | 22.9 | 4.4 | ||
| Homemaker | 10 | 2.9 | 19.4 | 1.6 | ||
| Diagnostic group | Schizophrenia | 138 | 39.4 | 22.8 | 5.5 | <.001$ |
| Depression | 136 | 38.9 | 19.6 | 4.7 | ||
| Anxiety | 76 | 21.7 | 20.9 | 5.2 | ||
#Statistical difference in SWEMWBS score was not observed by marital status in Bonferroni post-hoc test
$Participants with schizophrenia have higher SWEMWBS score than those with depression (p < 0.001), and anxiety spectrum disorders (p = 0.034) using Bonferroni post-hoc test