Psychiatric disorders in female psychosexual disorders—a nationwide, cohort study in Taiwan

BMC Psychiatry

Table 1 Characteristics of study at the baseline

Psychosexual disorders	Total		With		Without		P
Variables	n	%	n	%	n	%	P
Total	2240		560	25.00	1680	75.00
Age (years)	35.08 ± 12.99		34.70 ± 11.46		35.21 ± 13.46		0.421
Age group (years)							0.999
20–49	2016	90.00	504	90.00	1512	90.00
≧50	224	10.00	56	10.00	168	10.00
Married							0.692
Yes	936	41.79	230	41.07	706	42.02
No	1304	58.21	330	58.93	974	57.98
Education (years)							0.823
< 12	568	25.36	144	25.71	424	25.24
≧12	1672	74.64	416	74.29	1256	74.76
Insured premium (NT$)							0.663
< 18,000	1974	88.13	499	89.11	1475	87.80
18,000-34,999	184	8.21	41	7.32	143	8.51
≧35,000	82	3.66	20	3.57	62	3.69
CCI_R	0.39 ± 1.37		0.30 ± 0.94		0.42 ± 1.48		0.081
Season							< 0.001
Spring (March–May)	581	25.94	91	16.25	490	29.17
Summer (June–August)	602	26.88	154	27.50	448	26.67
Autumn (September–November)	476	21.25	147	26.25	329	19.58
Winter (December-Februrary)	581	25.94	168	30.00	413	24.58
Location							< 0.001
Northern Taiwan	945	42.19	308	55.00	637	37.92
Middle Taiwan	581	25.94	112	20.00	469	27.92
Southern Taiwan	574	25.63	112	20.00	462	27.50
Eastern Taiwan	126	5.63	21	3.75	105	6.25
Outlets islands	14	0.63	7	1.25	7	0.42
Urbanization level							< 0.001
1 (The highest)	784	35.00	126	22.50	658	39.17
2	1029	45.94	357	63.75	672	40.00
3	112	5.00	21	3.75	91	5.42
4 (The lowest)	315	14.06	56	10.00	259	15.42
Level of care							< 0.001
Medical center	798	35.63	357	63.75	441	26.25
Regional hospital	595	26.56	147	26.25	448	26.67
Local hospital	847	37.81	56	10.00	791	47.08

P: Chi-square / Fisher exact test on category variables and t-test on continue variables
Without married: un-married, divorce, spouse death, and unknown
Education years < 12: elementary school, junior high school, (vocational) high school, and unknown; Education years ≧12: university, college, and graduate
CCI_R Charlson comorbidity index removed dementia

ISSN: 1471-244X