Middle East Current Psychiatry

Table 4 Relation between socio-demographic characteristics and clinical findings of outcome groups

From: Symptom remission and functional outcome in an Egyptian sample of patients with schizophrenia

		Good outcome (n = 25)		Poor outcome (n = 68)		P value
		Mean	SD	Mean	SD	P value
Age		37	7	35	9.4	0.8
Gender	Male	15	60	52	76.5	0.26
Gender	Female	10	40	16	23.5	0.26
Marital status	Single	11	44	42	62	0.04*
	Married	10	40	20	29.5
	Divorced/separated	4	16	6	8.5
Occupation	Employed	15	60	16	23.5	< 0.001**
	Unemployed	1	4	43	63.2
	Studying	0	0	3	4.4
	Housewife	9	36	6	8.8
Substance use	Yes	6	24	34	51	0.03*
Substance use	No	19	76	33	49	0.03*
Medical comorbidity	Yes	6	24	13	19	0.6
Medical comorbidity	No	19	76	55	81	0.6
FH of psychiatric illness	Yes	10	40	24	35	0.8
FH of psychiatric illness	No	25	60	44	65	0.8
Suicidal attempt	Yes	4	16	27	40	0.04*
Suicidal attempt	No	21	84	41	60	0.04*
Drug compliance	Good	15	60	22	32	0.01*
Drug compliance	Bad	10	40	46	68	0.01*

N Number, SD Standard deviation, GAF Global assessment of functioning, SFQ Social Functioning Questionnaire, FH Family history, NS Non-statistical significance
*S Statistical significance
**HS High statistical significance

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