Association between social support and the severity of positive symptoms in rural community-dwelling patients with schizophrenia during the COVID-19 pandemic

Table 1 Participant characteristics and comparison of Positive Scale score between participants with different characteristics (N = 665)

Variables	Participants		Positive Scale	\( t\)/F	P
Variables	n	Percentage (%)	\( \stackrel{-}{x}\pm \text{s}\)	\( t\)/F	P
Gender
Male	263	39.5	9.6 ± 4.0	2.37	0.02
Female	402	60.5	10.4 ± 4.1
Age
<45	199	29.9	9.7 ± 3.9	1.80	0.17
45 ~ 59	271	40.8	10.1 ± 3.8
≥ 60	195	29.3	10.5 ± 4.4
Educational level
Semi-illiterate & illiterate	217	32.6	10.5 ± 4.3	2.75	0.06
Primary school	267	40.2	10.1 ± 4.2
Junior and above	181	27.2	9.6 ± 3.4
Marital status
Married	453	68.1	9.8 ± 3.7	2.37	0.02
single, widowed and other	212	31.9	10.6 ± 4.7
Occupation
Farmer	244	36.7	9.8 ± 4.0	1.97	0.14
Job lost or unemployed	397	59.7	10.3 ± 4.1
others	24	3.6	9.1 ± 3.0
Family income level
Poor	240	36.1	10.4 ± 4.0	5.97	< 0.01
Ordinary	388	58.3	10.1 ± 4.1
Good	37	5.6	8.0 ± 2.7
Guardian educational level
Semi-illiterate & illiterate	168	25.3	9.7 ± 4.1	0.96	0.38
Primary school	346	52.0	10.2 ± 4.0
Junior and above	151	22.7	10.2 ± 4.2
Guardian occupation
Farmer	403	60.6	10.4 ± 4.3	4.19	0.02
Job lost or unemployed	113	17.0	10.0 ± 3.6
others	149	22.4	9.3 ± 3.4
Relation to guardian
Parent	203	30.5	10.2 ± 4.2	1.06	0.35
Couple	362	54.4	9.9 ± 3.8
Others	100	15.0	10.5 ± 4.6
Community rehabilitation activity
Yes	178	26.8	10.2 ± 3.3	0.21	0.83
No	487	73.2	10.1 ± 4.3
Medication adherence
Yes	265	39.8	9.1 ± 2.8	5.48	< 0.01
No	400	60.2	10.8 ± 4.5
Total			10.1 ± 4.0

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