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Table 1 Patient characteristics at the time of random assignment by initial treatment

From: Cost-effectiveness analysis of psychosocial intervention for early stage schizophrenia in China: a randomized, one-year study

Characters

Combined treatment (n = 580)

Treatment as usual (n = 604)

F/χ 2

p

Age, y

26.1(7.6)

26.3(8.0)

0.237

0.626

Male No.(%)

312(53.8)

336(55.6)

0.403

0.526

Marital status No.(%)

  

3.113

0.211

Married

143(24.7)

164(27.2)

  

Previously married

37(6.4)

26(4.3)

  

Never married

400(69.0)

414(68.5)

  

Education, y

12.2(2.9)

11.9(2.9)

2.564

0.110

Duration of schizophrenia, mo

22.5(20.0)

24.7(21.0)

3.462

0.063

PANSS total score

44.6(13.5)

45.3(13.9)

0.799

0.372

CGI severity score

2.5(1.2)

2.6(1.2)

0.849

0.357

GAS total score

74.2(11.8)

74.2(11.9)

0.000

0.984

FBS total score

12.3(7.6)

12.6(7.9)

0.468

0.494

SF-36

    

PCS

49.6(7.4)

51.0(16.6)

3.621

0.057

MCS

50.3(10.5)

49.4(12.5)

1.617

0.204

  1. PANSS = Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale; CGI = Clinical Global Impressions Scale; GAS = Global Assessment Scale; FBS = family burden scale of diseases; SF-36 = the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey; PCS = the Physical Component Score; MCS = the Mental Component Score.