Table 1: Demographic and clinical
characteristics of psychotic patients
|
|
Schizophrenic
spectrum (n = 29) |
Affective
spectrum (n
= 12) |
Total (n
= 41) |
|
|
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|
Variable |
n |
% |
n |
% |
n |
% |
χ2 |
p |
|
Male |
23 |
79.3 |
7 |
58.3 |
30 |
73.2 |
- |
0.247 |
|
Female |
6 |
20.7 |
5 |
41.7 |
11 |
26.8 |
|
|
|
Employment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Not working |
29 |
100.0 |
12 |
100.0 |
41 |
100.0 |
- |
- |
|
Disability Pension |
13 |
44.8 |
6 |
50.0 |
19 |
46.3 |
- |
0.904 |
|
Income Support |
12 |
41.4 |
4 |
33.3 |
16 |
39.0 |
|
|
|
Other |
4 |
13.7 |
2 |
16.7 |
6 |
14.6 |
|
|
|
Education |
|
|
|
|
|
|
- |
0.037 |
|
College graduate |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
|
|
High school |
3 |
10.4 |
6 |
50.0 |
9 |
22.0 |
|
|
|
Job training |
9 |
31.0 |
2 |
16.7 |
11 |
26.8 |
|
|
|
School graduate or less |
17 |
58.6 |
4 |
33.3 |
21 |
51.2 |
|
|
|
Psychiatric inpatient admission |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Latest 12 months |
18 |
62.1 |
9 |
75.0 |
27 |
65.9 |
- |
0.494 |
|
Lifetime |
22 |
75.9 |
11 |
91.7 |
33 |
80.5 |
|
0.399 |
|
|
Mean |
SD |
Mean |
SD |
Mean |
SD |
t
or z |
p |
|
Age |
30.4 |
8.1 |
42.2 |
4.7 |
33.8 |
9.0 |
-3.42 |
0.006 |
|
Number of psychiatric admissions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Latest 12 months |
0.8 |
0.7 |
0.9 |
0.7 |
0.8 |
0.7 |
-0.50 |
0.617 |
|
Lifetime |
2.0 |
2.4 |
3.1 |
2.3 |
2.3 |
2.4 |
-1.76 |
0.078 |
|
χ2 = Chi-square
statistics. SD = Standard Deviation. t = t-Test value. z = z Ratio. p = p
value |
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