Table 1. Characteristic of participants with schizophrenia.
| Variables | Total (n = 200) |
Male (n = 100) |
Female (n = 100) |
statistics | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 28.3(5.9) | 28.1(5.6) | 28.4(6.2) | t = 0.30 | 0.10 |
| Months of illness | 60.1(52.7) | 62.0(54.1) | 58.3(51.3) | U = 4873.0 | 0.75 |
| No. of previous hospital admissions | 3.0(1.8) | 3.2(1.8) | 2.7(1.8) | U = 4193.0 | 0.04 |
| Marital status | |||||
| Married | 133(66.5) | 73(73.0) | 60(60.0) | x2 = 3.79 | 0.05 |
| Unmarried | 67(33.5) | 27(27) | 40(40.0) | ||
| Education | |||||
| Below senior high school | 69(34.5) | 37(37.0) | 32(32.0) | x2 = 1.73 | 0.21 |
| Senior high school | 74(37.0) | 37(37.0) | 21(21.0) | ||
| Bachelor | 51(25.5) | 28(28.0) | 35(35.0) | ||
| Post-graduate | 6(3.0) | 8(8.0) | 12(12.0) | ||
| Family history of psychosis | |||||
| Positive | 36(18.0) | 19(19.0) | 17(17.0) | x2 = 0.14 | 0.71 |
| Negative | 164(82.0) | 81(81.0) | 83(83.0) |
Note: continuous and categorical variables are expressed as mean (standard deviation) and number (%), respectively.