Table 2.
Demographic and clinical characteristics split by diagnostic group (N=222).
| Demographic variable | SSDa (n=83) | Mental illness other than SSD (n=60) | No current mental health diagnoses (n=79) | Comparison of the 3 diagnostic groups (P value) | ||||||
| Age (years)b, mean (SD); range | 53.1 (8.7); 29-71 | 52.1 (8.6); 23-72 | 51.6 (10.2); 23-75 | .58 | ||||||
| Gender, n (%)c | .02 | |||||||||
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Male | 69 (84) | 45 (75) | 50 (63) |
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Female | 14 (16) | 15 (25) | 29 (37) |
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| Race, n (%)d | .11 | |||||||||
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White | 46 (58) | 24 (40) | 49 (51) |
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African American | 35 (42) | 36 (60) | 39 (39) |
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| Education level, n (%)e | .14 | |||||||||
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Less than or equal to high school graduate | 39 (47) | 16 (27) | 31 (39) |
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Post high school training | 35 (42) | 33 (55) | 34 (43) |
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College degree or more | 19 (9) | 11 (18) | 14 (18) |
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| Employment status, n (%)f | <.001 | |||||||||
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Full or part time | 15 (18) | 23 (38) | 39 (49) |
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Retired/disability only | 68 (82) | 37 (62) | 40 (51) |
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| Self-reported computer understanding, n (%)g | .06 | |||||||||
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None/little | 31 (38) | 11 (18) | 19 (24) |
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Some | 28 (34) | 22 (37) | 25 (32) |
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Good/complete | 23 (28) | 27 (44) | 34 (44) |
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| Computers available at home, n (%)h | 28 (34) | 34 (57) | 44 (56) | .006 | ||||||
aSSD: schizophrenia spectrum disorder.
bF2221=0.55.
cχ22=8.3.
dχ24=4.4.
eχ24=6.9.
fχ22=18.0.
gχ24=9.0.
hχ24=10.3.