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Table 4 Demographic, psychopathological, and treatment features at baseline for patients with personality disorders with (N = 39) and without (n = 33) follow-up examination.

From: Quality of life in patients with personality disorders seen at an ordinary psychiatric outpatient clinic

Variable

Follow-up + (n = 39)

Follow-up - (n = 33)

p

Age (mean, SD)

37.9 (11.6)

33.3 (9.9)

.08

Gender (n, %)

  

.50

   Male

17 (44)

17 (52)

 

   Female

22 (56)

16 (48)

 

Relationship (n, %)

  

.56

   Paired

18 (46)

13 (39)

 

   Non-paired

21 (54)

20 (61)

 

Basic education level (n, %)

  

.64

   ≤ 9 years

11 (29)

13 (40)

 

   10 – 12 years

13 (34)

10 (30)

 

   ≥ 13 years

14 (37)

10 (30)

 

≥ 1 cluster A PDs

13 (33)

6 (18)

.15

≥ 1 cluster B PDs

10 (26)

15 (45)

.08

≥ 1 cluster C PDs

35 (90)

22 (67)

.02

Mean (SD) of PD cluster criteria

   

   Total

34.8 (17.9)

34.8 (14.3)

.99

   Cluster A

9.5 (8.7)

7.7 (5.1)

.28

   Cluster B

7.6 (9.3)

13.1 (10.3)

.02

   Cluster C

17.6 (8.9)

14.0 (7.2)

.07

≥ 1 depressive disorder

19 (49)

7 (21)

.02

≥ 1 anxiety disorder

17 (44)

16 (49)

.68

≥ 1 substance use disorder

9 (23)

11 (33)

.33

Comorbid Axis I disorder (n, %)

  

.79

   No

9 (23)

9 (27)

 

   Yes

30 (77)

24 (33)

 

GAF (mean, SD)

46.0 (9.4)

45.7 (9.9)

.91

PSI (mean, SD)

1.5 (.9)

1.6 (.7)

.85

SAS Overall (mean, SD)

2.7 (.6)

2.6 (.6)

.86

SF-36 (mean, SD)*

   

   Physical Functioning

79.4 (19.1)

76.7 (22.5)

.72

   Role Functioning

31.4 (34.3)

25.8 (36.2)

.27

   Bodily Pain

47.6 (28.9)

48.1 (26.7)

.71

   General Health

51.4 (23.5)

50.5 (20.39

.99

   Vitality

35.0 (19.6)

29.1 (18.6)

.16

   Social Functioning

45.2 (28.5)

48.9 (21.5)

.60

   Role Emotional

42.7 (39.7)

32.3 (31.7)

.35

   Mental Health

42.5 (23.2)

38.3 (19.5)

.52

No of sessions (mean, SD)*

16.6 (5.9)

18.8 (26.9)

.01

Termination without consensus (n, %)

0 (0.0)

22 (67)

< . 001

Treated by specialist (n, %)

14 (36)

16 (49)

.28

Additional drug treatment (n, %)

20 (51)

20 (61)

.43

  1. *Mann-Whitney tests