Table 2 Demographic characteristics of first-episode psychosis patients and control groups
From: P300 cognitive assessment in patients with first-episode psychosis: a prospective case-control study
Demographic characteristics | SSD (n = 47) | BP (n = 41) | MDD (n = 20) | Control (n = 50) | P value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | % | No | % | No | % | No | % | ||
Sex | |||||||||
Male | 27 | 57.45 | 24 | 58.54 | 6 | 30 | 25 | 50.0 | .745 |
Female | 20 | 42.55 | 17 | 41.46 | 14 | 70 | 25 | 50.0 | |
Marital status | |||||||||
Single | 30 | 63.82 | 29 | 70.73 | 10 | 50 | 18 | 36 | |
Married | 17 | 36.18 | 10 | 24.39 | 10 | 50 | 32 | 64% | .002 |
Divorced, widowed | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4.88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Residence | |||||||||
Rural | 31 | 65.95 | 30 | 73.17 | 3 | 15 | 34 | 68 | .587 |
Urban | 16 | 34.05 | 11 | 26.83 | 17 | 85 | 16 | 32 | |
Education | |||||||||
Illiterate, read and write | 25 | 53.20 | 12 | 29.26 | 8 | 40 | 17 | 34 | .001 |
Basic education | 20 | 42.55 | 24 | 58.54 | 12 | 60 | 21 | 42 | |
University/higher education | 2 | 4.25 | 5 | 12.20 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 24 | |
Occupation | |||||||||
Not working and house wife | 21 | 44.69 | 14 | 34.14 | 15 | 75 | 2 | 4 | |
Non-skilled worker | 10 | 21.27 | 15 | 36.59 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 36 | .331 |
Skilled worker | 8 | 17.02 | 7 | 17.07 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 30 | |
Student | 4 | 8.51 | 5 | 12.20 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20 | |
Employee | 4 | 8.51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | |
Mean age | 27.49 ± 10.7 | 24.68 ± 7.3 | 25.50 ± 6.7 | 32.10 ± 7.8 | .176 | ||||
Range 17.4–37.6 | Range 17.5–31.6 | Range 19.2–31.4 | Range 25.5–39.4 | ||||||