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Table 2 Comparison of patients diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder on caregiver’s characteristics with t-tests or chi-square tests

From: Comparison of burden among family members of patients diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in a large acute psychiatric hospital in China

Variables

SP (N=243)

BD (N=200)

Statistics

p

Mean/N

S.D./%

Mean/N

S.D./%

Age (years)

47.7

13.7

44.4

13.6

t=2.531

0.012*

Relationship to patient

  

x 2=1.716

0.633

 Parent

115

47.3%

104

52.0%

  

 Child

27

11.1%

16

8.0%

  

 Spouse

50

20.6%

38

19.0%

  

 Other

51

21.0%

42

21.0%

  

Live with patient in the past month

182

74.9%

149

74.5%

x 2=0.009

0.999

Live with patient at any time during the past month

154

63.4%

121

60.5%

x 2=0.385

0.535

Employed

131

53.9%

96

48.0%

x 2=1.533

0.216

Marital status

   

x 2=4.518

0.104

 Unmarried

43

17.7%

22

11.0%

  

 Married

181

74.6%

165

82.5%

  

 Divorce/widow

19

7.8%

13

6.5%

  

Contact with patient in the past month

   

x 2=13.638

0.003**

 Not at all

8

3.3%

14

7.0%

  

 Once

11

4.5%

15

7.5%

  

 Once (or more) per week

49

20.2%

60

30.0%

  

 Once (or more) per day

175

72.0%

111

55.5%

  
  1. See Table 1 for abbreviations
  2. Reported correlations are statistically significant at the *p < 0.05 level; or **p <0.01