Table 2.
Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of subjects (n = 80).
| Characteristic | TH group (n = 40) |
Control group (n = 40) |
p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | Frequency (%) | Mean (SD) | Frequency (%) | ||
| Age in years | 31.43 (8.68)a | 30.53 (7.89) | 0.629c | ||
| Age at first treatment (years) | 22.05 (7.55)a | 22.70 (6.82) | 0.688c | ||
| Sex | 0.370b | ||||
| Male | 21 (55.3) | 17 (44.7) | |||
| Female | 19 (45.2) | 23 (54.8) | |||
| Marital status | 0.533b | ||||
| Single | 12 (57.1) | 9 (42.9) | |||
| Married | 3 (60.0) | 2 (40.0) | |||
| Divorced/Separated | 2 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | |||
| Employment | 0.937b | ||||
| Unemployed | 19 (46.3) | 22 (53.7) | |||
| Employed | 21 (55.3) | 17 (44.7) | |||
| Educational (years) | 12.70 (2.52) | 12.63 (2.20) | 0.888c | ||
| Duration of illness (months) | 112.65 (86.82)a | 92 (66.30) | 0.235c | ||
| Duration of treatment (months) | 119.55 (86.88)a | 95.80 (66.18) | 0.173c | ||
| Admission | 0.237b | ||||
| Never been admitted | 11 (40.7) | 16 (59.3) | |||
| At least admitted once | 29 (54.7) | 24 (45.3) | |||
| Antipsychotic | 0.260b | ||||
| Atypical | 22 (46.8) | 25 (53.2) | |||
| Typical | 15 (62.5) | 9 (37.5) | |||
| Both | 3 (33.3) | 6 (66.7) | |||
a
Median (IQR).
b
Chi-square test.
c
Independent t test.