Table 1.
Psychosocial characteristics (frequency and percentage) by the presence of psychiatric symptoms and results of comparisons between groups (the chi-square was used for discrete variables and the Mann-Whitney U test for continuous variables).
| Psychosocial characteristics |
Psych group
(n = 59) |
No psych group
(n = 140) |
Comparison psych and no psych group |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | |||
| Male | 40 (67.8%) | 80 (57.1%) | χ 2(1) = 0.72, p = 0.16 |
| Female | 19 (32.2%) | 60 (42.9%) | |
| Age | 35 (29–42) | 30 (23–40) | U = 3,079.00, Z = −2.83, p = 0.005 |
| Marital status | χ2(1) = 0.72, p = 0.39 | ||
| Uninvolved | 56 (91.4%) | 128 (94.9%) | |
| Involved | 3 (8.6%) | 12 (5.1%) | |
| Living status | χ2(1) = 4.12, p = 0.04 | ||
| With the family of origin | 44 (74.6%) | 121 (86.4%) | |
| Other | 15 (25.4%) | 19 (13.6%) | |
| Drugs | χ2(1) = 18.5, p < 0.001 | ||
| No | 3 (5.1%) | 48 (34.3%) | |
| Yes | 56 (94.9%) | 92 (65.7%) | |
| Duration of treatment | 16.7 (3.4) | 16.2 (4.9) | U = 3,709, Z = −1.13, p = 0.26 |
Bold values are significant, p < 0.05.