Effect of combining social rhythm therapy to treatment of bipolar disorder versus treatment as usual: a comparative study on a sample of Egyptian patients

Middle East Current Psychiatry

Table 1 Socio-demographic data of both TAU and SRT groups in the study

Variable		Group I (n = 30)	Group II (n = 30)	Test	P
Age (year)	Mean ± SD	29.833 ± 7.996	31.233 ± 9.265	t = − 0.627	0.533
Female	No (%)	12(40)	15(50)	X₂ = 0.606	0.436
Male	No (%)	18(60)	15(50)	X₂ = 0.606	0.436
Unemployed	No (%)	17(56.67)	20 (66.67)	X₂ = 0.635	0.426
Employed	No (%)	(43.33)13	10 (33.33)	X₂ = 0.635	0.426
Low education	No (%)	10(33.33)	13(43.33)	X₂ = 0.635	0.426
High education	No (%)	20(66.67)	17(56.67)	X₂ = 0.635	0.426
Rural	No (%)	(53.33)16	17(56.67)	X₂ = 0.067	0.795
Urban	No (%)	14 (46.67)	13(43.33)	X₂ = 0.067	0.795
Single	No (%)	19(63.33)	15 (50.00)	X₂ = 2.471	0.291
Married	No (%)	9(30.00)	9(30.00)
Divorced	No (%	2(6.67)	6(20.00)

TAU treatment as usual, SRT social rhythm therapy, *P< 0.05 is statistically significant, SD standard deviation, F one-way ANOVA test, χ2 Chi-square test.