Table 1 Sociodemographic and psychiatric characteristics of participants with schizophrenia
Characteristics | Total sample (n = 187) | Males (n = 108) | Females (n = 79) |
|---|---|---|---|
Sociodemographic features | |||
 Age [years], mean (SD) | 32.6 (12.4) | 32.0 (11.6) | 33.5 (13.4) |
 aLevel of education | |||
 Low, n(%) | 90 (48.1) | 51 (47.2) | 39 (49.4) |
 Medium, n(%) | 73 (39.0) | 43 (39.8) | 30 (38.0) |
 High, n(%) | 24 (12.8) | 14 (13.0) | 10 (12.7) |
 Ethnicity (caucasian), n(%) | 177 (94.7) | 102 (94.4)) | 75 (95.0) |
 Current tobacco smoking, n(%) | 102 (54.8) | 60 (56.1) | 42 (53.2) |
 bProblematic use of alcohol, n(%) | 54 (30.0) | 29 (27.9) | 25 (32.9) |
 bProblematic use of drugs, n(%) | 25 (13.9) | 15 (14.4) | 10 (13.2) |
Psychiatric characteristics | |||
 PANSS positive, mean (SD) | 15.8 (5.2) | 15.4 (4.8) | 16.3 (5.6) |
 PANSS negative, mean (SD) | 17.5 (6.4) | 18.1 (5.8) | 16.6 (7.1) |
 PANSS general, mean (SD) | 34.2 (8.7) | 33.0 (7.8) | 35.7 (9.7) |
 PANSS total, mean (SD) | 67.5 (16.5) | 66.6 (15.1) | 68.7 (18.3) |
 PANSS depressed factor, mean (SD) | 8.2 (3.3) | 7.5 (3.1) | 9.3 (3.4) |
 CDSS sum score, mean (SD) | 5.4 (5.2) | 4.3 (3.9) | 7.0 (6.2) |
 CDSS ≥6, n(%) | 73 (42.0) | 34 (34.0) | 39 (52.7) |
 cDuration of illness [years], median (IQR) | 6.0 (2.0–14.0) | 5.0 (2.0–13.8) | 7.0 (2.0–14.5) |
 Admitted to hospital, n(%) | 59 (32.4) | 35 (33.3) | 24 (31.2) |