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Table 2 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of victimized versus non-victimized patients with schizophrenia

From: Frequency and correlates of violence against patients with schizophrenia living in rural China

Variables

Total

(n = 487)

Non-victimized

(n = 395)

Victimized

(n = 92)

Statistics

n

%

n

%

n

%

X2

df

p

Male gender

312

64.1

260

65.8

52

56.5

2.804

1

0.09

Married

217

44.6

169

42.8

48

52.2

2.66

1

0.103

Occupied

188

38.6

149

37.7

39

42.4

0.68

1

0.407

Living with others

449

92.2

365

92.4

84

91.3

0.12

1

0.72

Family history of psychiatric disorders disdisdisorders

110

22.6

29

22.5

21

22.8

0.004

1

0.95

Conductingdangerousbehaviors

196

40.2

149

37.7

47

51.1

5.54

1

0.01

Major medical conditions

27

5.5

22

5.6

5

5.4

0.003

1

0.95

Current alcohol

20

4.1

15

3.8

5

5.4

0.17

1

0.67

Currentsmoker

122

25.1

100

25.3

22

23.9

0.07

1

0.78

UseofAntipsychoticMedication

      

5.09

3

0.16

 NoAntipsychotic

52

10.7

41

10.4

11

12.0

 FGAsonly

59

12.1

52

13.2

7

7.6

 SGAsonly

276

56.7

216

54.7

60

65.2

 FGAs+SGAs

100

20.5

86

21.8

14

15.2

On antidepressants

19

3.9

15

3.8

4

4.3

–

–

0.76*

On benzodiazepines

75

15.4

60

15.2

15

16.3

0.07

1

0.79

On moodstablizers

108

22.2

81

20.5

27

29.3

3.38

1

0.06

On anticholinergics

200

41.1

157

39.7

43

46.7

1.507

1

0.22

 

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

t

df

P

Age (years)

42.36

11.89

42.34

11.94

42.46

11.75

−0.08

485

0.93

Education(years)

8.26

2.15

8.25

2.19

8.33

1.99

−0.302

485

0.76

Age of onset (years)

26.24

9.21

26.15

9.11

26.62

9.58

−0.44

485

0.65

Number of hospitalizations

3.08

2.57

3.19

2.64

2.59

2.17

2.04

485

0.04

BMI

24.24

4.12

24.21

4.03

24.40

4.49

−0.404

468

0.68

PDDDDDAPP Total

0.96

0.80

0.98

0.81

0.90

0.71

0.85

485

0.39

BPRS Total

24.96

6.409

24.70

6.39

26.10

6.38

−1.89

485

0.05

 BPRS-positive

5.86

2.39

5.77

2.403

6.24

2.34

−1.68

485

0.09

 BPRS-negative

5.00

2.23

5.05

2.34

4.77

1.67

1.33

485

0.18

 BPRS-anxiety

5.53

1.68

5.42

1.58

6.00

2.01

−2.57

485

0.01

SAS Total

0.06

0.14

0.06

0.14

0.07

0.17

−0.86

485

0.39

QIDS total

5.83

3.69

5.66

3.73

6.59

3.44

−2.17

485

0.03

QoL Physical Domain

13.92

1.73

13.95

1.72

13.801

1.75

0.74

485

0.45

QoL Psychological Domain

12.58

1.97

12.59

2.008

12.55

1.83

0.14

485

0.88

QoL Social Relationship Domain

12.79

2.37

12.76

2.36

12.91

2.42

−0.53

485

0.59

QoL Environment Domain

12.42

1.74

12.502

1.71

12.11

1.82

1.903

485

0.05

SDS work

4.1

3.74

3.96

3.72

4.74

3.75

−1.79

485

0.07

SDS social

4.07

3.66

3.89

3.64

4.86

3.67

−2.28

485

0.02

SDS family

2.98

2.901

2.91

2.86

3.26

3.06

−1.03

485

0.302