Table 2. Demographic characteristics of patients with personality disorder at the intervention site (n = 335) and the TAU site (n = 307).
| Intervention (n = 335) | TAU (n = 307) | t|χ2 | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | M | % | SD | n | M | % | SD | |||
| Mean age | 36.60 | 12.48 | 37.12 | 13.78 | -.480 | .632 |
| Gender (% female) | 154 | 46.0 | 170 | 55.4 | 5.668 | .017 |
| Language (% English speaking) | 332 | 99.1 | 284 | 92.5 | 17.938 | .000 |
| Marital status* | .352 | .553 | ||||
| Married/Defacto | 84 | 25.5 | 70 | 23.5 | ||
| Single | 245 | 74.5 | 228 | 76.5 | ||
*note: Six patients from the intervention site have missing marital status information, and 9 from the TAU site. Thus, marital status n = 329 for intervention and n = 298 for TAU. Single includes divorced, separated and widowed).