Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of the patients, family members, and the general population (N=361).

Characteristic		Patients and family members (n=184), n (%)	General population (n=177), n (%)	Chi-square (df)	P value
Gender				7.5 (1)	.006
	Male	83 (45.1)	55 (31.1)
	Female	101 (54.9)	122 (68.9)
Age (years)				21.1 (6)	.001
	<18	9 (4.9)	1 (0.6)
	18-25	33 (17.9)	51 (28.8)
	26-30	48 (26.1)	62 (35.0)
	31-40	40 (21.7)	33 (18.6)
	41-50	39 (21.2)	18 (10.2)
	51-60	14 (7.6)	11 (6.2)
	>60	1 (0.5)	1 (0.6)
Marital status				7.0 (3)	.06
	Single	76 (41.3)	94 (53.1)
	Married or living with partner	102 (55.4)	74 (41.8)
	Divorced	5 (2.7)	7 (4.0)
	Widowed	1 (0.5)	2 (1.1)
Education level				69.5 (5)	<.001
	Elementary school and below	3 (1.6)	0 (0.0)
	Junior high school	29 (15.8)	7 (4.0)
	High school	43 (23.4)	9 (5.1)
	Vocational school	40 (21.7)	26 (14.7)
	Bachelor degree	54 (29.3)	85 (48.0)
	Postgraduate and above	15 (8.2)	50 (28.2)
Economic status				29.4 (4)	<.001
	Very poor	22 (12.0)	6 (3.4)
	Fairly poor	30 (16.3)	7 (4.0)
	Moderate	106 (57.6)	138 (78.0)
	Fairly good	23 (12.5)	25 (14.1)
	Very good	3 (1.6)	1 (0.6)
Disease focused/interested				N/Aa	N/A
	Schizophrenia	62 (33.7)	60 (33.9)
	Bipolar disorder	32 (17.4)	37 (20.9)
	Depressive disorder	29 (15.8)	128 (72.3)
	Anxiety disorder	19 (10.3)	113 (63.8)
	Obsessive-compulsive disorder	8 (4.3)	72 (40.7)
	Phobia	1 (0.5)	33 (18.6)
	Panic disorder	3 (1.6)	18 (10.2)
	Eating disorder	0 (0.0)	10 (5.6)
	Sleep disorder	13 (7.1)	86 (48.6)
	Paranoid mental disorder	3 (1.6)	38 (21.5)
	Schizoid affective disorder	3 (1.6)	16 (9.0)
	Mental disorder caused by epilepsy	1 (0.5)	13 (7.3)
	Mental retardation with mental disorders	1 (0.5)	15 (8.5)
	Other	9 (4.9)	8 (4.5)

^aNot applicable.