Table 1.
Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics
| N = 102 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fr | % | ||
| Mean age (years)a | 38.6 | (10.2) | |
| Gender | Male | 65 | (63.7) |
| Female | 37 | (36.3) | |
| Civil status | Married | 13 | (12.7) |
| Divorced | 8 | (7.8) | |
| Single | 81 | (79.4) | |
| Education (years)a | 12.9 | (3.3) | |
| Employment | Employed | 21 | (20.6) |
| Unemployed | 52 | (51.0) | |
| On pension | 14 | (13.7) | |
| Unpaid activity | 6 | (5.9) | |
| Invalid/retired | 9 | (8.8) | |
| Living status | Alone | 9 | (8.8) |
| Parents | 56 | (54.9) | |
| Partner | 13 | (12.7) | |
| Other | 24 | (23.5) | |
| Diagnosis | Schizophrenia | 78 | (76.5) |
| Schizoaffective disorder | 24 | (23.5) | |
| Familiarity for psychosis | Yes | 25 | (24.5) |
| No | 77 | (77.5) | |
| Age at onset (years)a | 23.2 | (6.3) | |
| Duration of untreated psychosis (years)a | 1.6 | (2.1) | |
| Previous psychiatric hospitalizationsa | 2.3 | (3.0) | |
| Daily equivalent dose of chlorpromazine (mg) | 467.7 | (185.6) | |
| Remission* | Yes | 43 | (42.2) |
| No | 59 | (57.8) | |
aData are expressed as means and (SD)
*Symptomatic remission is defined as a score of 3 (“mild”) or less on all of eight items (P1, P2, P3, N1,N4, N6, G5, G9) at PANSS