Table 2.

Comparison of the level of knowledge according to socio-demographic and illness variables (n = 132).

Variable	n	Mean	Standard deviation	F/t (df)	p -value
Mean age	132	33.97	10.41	−0.210	0.015*a
Education level
High school and below	69	5.60	2.56	18.598	<0.001c
University and college	17	7.23	2.92
Graduate and above	46	8.67	2.68
Socioeconomic status
Low	108	6.31	2.70	−5.086(130)	<0.001⁎⁎⁎,b
High	24	9.45	2.90
Social support level
Excellent	37	8.91	2.57	10.552	<0.001***c
Good	35	6.68	2.43
Medium	48	5.72	3.05
Poor	12	5.83	2.32
Fear of COVID-19 infection
Yes	35	5.97	3.08	−2.142(130)	0.034*,b
No	97	7.21	2.89
Features of relapse
Present	39	6.17	2.75	−1.775(130)	0.078 b
Absent	93	7.18	3.04
Appointment missed in the last month
Yes	106	6.66	2.94	−1.769(130)	0.079 b
No	26	7.80	3.05
Consultation with the mental health team in last month
Yes	17	9.11	2.99	3.432(130)	0.001⁎⁎,b
No	115	6.55	2.85
Expressing suicidal ideas in the last one month
Yes	19	5.73	2.70	1.829(130)	0.07 b
No	113	7.07	3
Patient experiencing verbal and physical aggression from others
More	49	6.30	2.43	1.856(122)	0.06 b
Less	83	7.22	3.23
Caregiver burden worsened
Yes	40	6.07	2.70	−2.083(130)	0.039*,b
No	92	7.23	3.05
Experiencing financial difficulties
Yes strongly agree	68	6.22	2.79	5.384	0.006c
Yes little bit	15	6.40	2.09
No	49	7.95	3.21

^aWeak strength in Pearson Correlation.

^bIndependent t-test.

^cANOVA test.

^⁎p<0.05.

^⁎⁎p<0.01.

^⁎⁎⁎p<0.001.