Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of participants.

	Patients Group (n = 25)	Control Group (n = 25)	Full Sample (n = 50)
Marital status, N (%)
Single	6 (24%)	14 (56%)	20 (40%)
Married/partnered	18 (72%)	10 (40%)	28 (56%)
Divorced/widowed	-	1 (4%)	1 (4%)
Children a, N (%)	1 (4%)	0 (0%)	1 (4%)
Highest educational level, N (%)
Middle school	-	3 (12%)	3 (12%)
High school/some college	17 (68%)	18 (72%)	35 (70%)
University degree	8 (32%)	4 (16%)	12 (24%)
Employment, N (%)
Unemployed	-	1 (4%)	1 (4%)
Student	23 (92%)	20 (80%)	43 (86%)
Employed	2 (8%)	4 (16%)	6 (12%)

Note. The ^a reflects the number and percentage of participants answering “yes” to this question.