Table 12 Comparison of duration of illness and compliance with medications among psychiatric patients with sexual dysfunctions and other medical patients with sexual dysfunctions
From: Sexual dysfunctions in a sample of male psychiatric patients compared to medically ill patients
Duration of illness and compliance with medications | Patients with sexual dysfunctions | Significance test | P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Psychiatric patients with sexual dysfunction (N = 41) | Other medical patients with sexual dysfunction (N = 21) | |||||
Duration/years (mean ± SD) | 15.68 ± 8.25 | 11.23 ± 3.16 | t = 2.37 | 0.021* (sig.) | ||
Compliant | 39 | 95.1% | 20 | 95.2% | Chi-square test, χ2 = 0.00 | 0.984 (N.S.) |
Non-compliant | 2 | 4.9% | 1 | 4.8% | ||