Table 5 The association between alexithymia and socio-demographic among cases
From: Mood regulation, alexithymia, and personality disorders in female patients with opioid use disorders
Among cases | Moderate alexithymia (n = 5) | Alexithymia (n = 25) | Fisher exact test | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | p value | sig. | ||
Age | 18–25 | 2 | 16.7% | 10 | 83.3% | 0.317(MC) | NS |
26–35 | 3 | 27.3% | 8 | 72.7% | |||
35–45 | 0 | 0.0% | 7 | 100.0% | |||
Marital status | Single | 2 | 33.3% | 4 | 66.7% | 0.808(MC) | NS |
Married | 2 | 13.3% | 13 | 86.7% | |||
Divorced | 1 | 16.7% | 5 | 83.3% | |||
Widow | 0 | 0.0% | 3 | 100.0% | |||
Education | Illiterate | 0 | 0.0% | 7 | 100.0% | 0.089(MC) | NS |
Primary | 0 | 0.0% | 6 | 100.0% | |||
Preparatory | 3 | 50.0% | 3 | 50.0% | |||
Secondary | 1 | 25.0% | 3 | 75.0% | |||
Technical | 1 | 14.3% | 6 | 85.7% | |||
Employment | Unemployed | 4 | 18.2% | 18 | 81.8% | 1(MC) | NS |
Regular job | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 100.0% | |||
Irregular job | 1 | 14.3% | 6 | 85.7% | |||
Type of work | NA | 4 | 18.2% | 18 | 81.8% | 0.213(MC) | NS |
Manual | 0 | 0.0% | 6 | 100.0% | |||
Skilled | 1 | 50.0% | 1 | 50.0% | |||
F.H drug abuse | Negative | 2 | 15.4% | 11 | 84.6% | 1 | NS |
1st degree relative | 3 | 17.6% | 14 | 82.4% | |||
F.H mental illness | Negative | 5 | 20.0% | 20 | 80.0% | 0.556 | NS |
1st degree relative | 0 | 0.0% | 5 | 100.0% | |||