TABLE 4.
Comparison between OCSB and non-OCSB patients of socio-demographic variables.
| OCSB (N = 36) | Non-OCSB (N = 44) | |||||
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Independent sample tests
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| t | df | Sig. (two-tailed) 95% | Cohen’s d | |||
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| Age (years); mean (SD) | 42.2 (10.0) | 43.5 (11.9) | 0.48 | 78 | 0.63 | 0.11 |
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Chi-squared test
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| χ 2 | df | |||||
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| Employed, % | 69.4 | 68.2 | 0.01 | 2 | 0.9 | – |
| Education level, % primary or less | 30.5 | 34.1 | 1.06 | 3 | 0.79 | – |
| Sexual orientation, % heterosexual | 91.7 | 65.8 | 7.94 | 2 | 0.02* | – |
| Sexual physical diseases present, % | 20 | 46.5 | 6.61 | 1 | 0.01* | – |
| Drug use, % | 13.9 | 20.4 | 0.22 | 1 | 0.64 | – |
| Alcohol use, % | 2.8 | 6.8 | 0.10 | 1 | 0.76 | – |
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Mann–Whitney test
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| U | Sig. (two-tailed) 95% | Cohen’s d | ||||
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| Duration of the problem (years); mean (SD) | 6.27 (7.4) | 7.67 (8.0) | 717.0 | 0.23 | 0.16 | |
OCSB, online compulsive sexual behavior; non-OCSB, non-online compulsive sexual behavior; SD, standard deviation. ‘*’ means that the effect is considered statistically significant.