Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the total sample (N = 180)
People living with schizophrenia (N = 120) | Healthy control (N = 60) | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Frequency (%) | Frequency (%) | ||
Gender | |||
Male | 71 (59.2%) | 36 (60.0%) | .91 |
Female | 49 (40.8%) | 24 (40.0%) | |
Education level | |||
Complementary | 41 (34.2%) | 21 (35.0%) | .73 |
Secondary | 60 (50.0%) | 27 (45.0%) | |
University | 19 (15.8%) | 12 (20.0%) | |
Marital Status | |||
Single | 95 (81.9%) | 6 (10.0%) | <.001 |
Married | 9 (7.8%) | 52 (86.7%) | |
Widowed | 2 (1.7%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
Divorced | 10 (8.6%) | 2 (3.3%) | |
Monthly income | |||
No income | 27 (23.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | <.001 |
< 1000 $ | 61 (52.6%) | 39 (67.2%) | |
1000–2000 $ | 26 (22.4%) | 12 (20.7%) | |
> 2000 $ | 2 (1.7%) | 7 (12.1%) | |
Family history of psychiatric illness | |||
Yes | 42(36.5%) | 5 (8.5%) | <.001 |
No | 73(63.5%) | 54 (91.5%) | |
Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | ||
Age | 48.4 ± 7.6 | 47.9 ± 7.4 | .67 |
Duration of illness in years | 20.6 ± 12.4 | ||
Length of hospitalizations in years | 12.4 ± 8.5 | ||
Number of hospitalizations | 6.3 ± 5.6 | ||
Total PANSS scale | 82.8 ± 27.1 | ||
Positive PANSS | 19.9 ± 9.5 | ||
Negative PANSS | 17.5 ± 7.9 | ||
General psychopathology | 45.5 ± 16.8 | ||