Table 1.

Demographic characteristics, physical symptoms and physical health status of the study respondents with and with psychiatric illnesses.

	Psychiatric patients (n = 76)	Healthy controls (n = 109)	P
Gender
Male	25 (32.9%)	41 (37.6%)	0.510
Female	51 (37.1%)	68 (62.4%)
Mean age (SD)	32.8 (11.8)	33.1 (11.2)	0.876
Education level
Primary school	1 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	<0.001
Lower secondary school	7 (9.2%)	2 (1.8%)
Upper secondary school	8 (10.5%)	6 (5.5%)
Community college	26 (34.2%)	16 (14.7%)
Undergraduate university degree	27 (35.5%)	67 (61.5%)
Postgraduate university degree	7 (9.2%)	18 (16.5%)
Household size
1 Family member	7 (9.2%)	8 (7.3%)	0.947
2 Family members	17 (22.4%)	23 (21.1%)
3–5 Family members	48 (63.5%)	73 (67.0%)
6 or above family members	4 (5.3%)	5 (4.6%)
†Recent physical symptom in the past 14 days
No physical symptom	53 (69.7%)	103 (94.5%)	<0.001
At least one of the physical symptoms	23 (30.3%)	6 (5.5%)
Self-reported physical health status
Poor or worse	7 (9.2%)	3 (2.8%)	<0.001
No change	40 (52.6%)	31 (28.4%)
Healthier or better	29 (38.2%)	75 (68.8%)
Psychiatric Diagnosis
F32/F33 Major Depressive Disorder	12 (16%)	N/A	N/A
F41 Other anxiety disorders	19 (25%)
F41.8 Mixed anxiety and depressive disorder	45 (59%)

† Recent physical symptom in the past 14 days include fever, chills, headache, myalgia, cough, difficulty in breathing, dizziness, coryza, sore throat, nausea, vomiting or diarrhoea.