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Table 7 Comparison of sociodemographic characteristics (1996–2004 versus 2008–2012)

From: Pharmacotherapy of borderline personality disorder: what has changed over two decades? A retrospective evaluation of clinical practice

 

Sociodemographic characteristics

 

2008–2012

1996–2004

N = 87

N = 139

Fisher’s exact (p value)

married

9.2

23

**0.0076

partnership

27.6

59.7

** < 0.0001

 

N = 70

N = 131

 

frequent partner changes

32.9

16.8

*0.0126

 

N = 81

N = 110

 

none

7.4

9.1

***0.7946

higher secondary school

30.9

27.3

***0.6294

lower secondary school

39.5

24.5

***0.0389

high school degree

18.5

34.5

***0.0150

 

N = 85

N = 138

 

unemployed

32.9

45.7

****0,0689

student

10.6

8.7

****0,6438

unskilled occupation

8.2

8.7

****0.9999

skilled occupation

8.2

8.0

****0.9999

vocational training

14.1

7.2

****0,1010

 

N = 85

N = 92

 

relatives with psychiatric diagnosis

38.8

77.2

* < 0.0001

 

N = 85

N = 58

 

relatives with possible BPD

42.2

86.2

* < 0.0001

  1. Rates in %; references is N = number of patients with complete data set. Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons *p < 0.05 (1 test); **p < 0.025 (2 tests); ***p < 0.0125 (4 tests); ****p < 0.01 (5 tests). Significant p-values are highlighted in bold