Table 1.
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the total sample (N=75) and of LF (n=26) vs HF (n=49) patients
| Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics | Total sample (mean ± SD; median; 1–3 quartiles) | LF (mean ± SD; median; 1–3 quartiles) | HF (mean ± SD; median; 1–3 quartiles) | Student’s t-test | P-value |
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| Age | 55.3±13.0; 60.0; 46.0–67.0 | 53.8±16.0; 59.0; 41.3–68.3 | 56.1±11.9; 60.0; 47.0–66.0 | −0.64 | 0.526 |
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| Gender | |||||
| M | 19 (25.3) | 7 (26.9) | 12 (24.5) | 0.000 | 1.000 |
| F | 56 (74.7) | 19 (73.1) | 37 (75.5) | ||
| Marital status | |||||
| Single/divorced/widowed | 28 (37.3) | 12 (46.2) | 16 (32.7) | 0.809 | 0.368 |
| Married | 47 (62.7) | 14 (53.8) | 33 (67.3) | ||
| Education (years) | |||||
| ≤8 | 49 (65.3) | 17 (65.4) | 32 (65.3) | 0.000 | 1.000 |
| >8 | 26 (34.7) | 9 (34.6) | 17 (34.7) | ||
| Current occupation | |||||
| Unemployed | 35 (46.7) | 14 (53.8) | 21 (42.9) | 0.442 | 0.506 |
| Employed | 40 (53.3) | 12 (46.2) | 28 (57.1) | ||
| Family psychiatric history positivea | 57 (77.0) | 21 (80.8) | 36 (75.0) | 0.075 | 0.784 |
| Previous mental disorder | 44 (58.7) | 20 (76.9) | 24 (49.0) | 4.378 | 0.036 |
| GP treatment onlya | 61 (82.4) | 20 (76.9) | 41 (85.4) | (Fisher) | 0.361 |
Note:
a
The sample size does not correspond to 75 due to the presence of one missing data.
Abbreviations: LF, low functioning; HF, high functioning; M, male; F, female; GP, general practitioner.