Table 1 Socio-demographic and psychiatric characteristics of the studied patients
Variables | Studied patients (n = 165) |
|---|---|
Age (years) | Â |
 Mean ± SD | 35.5 ± 9.7 |
Gender | Â |
 Males | 132 (80.0%) |
 Females | 33 (20.0%) |
Marital status | Â |
 Single | 82 (49.7%) |
 Married | 52 (31.5%) |
 Divorced | 25 (15.2%) |
 Widowed | 6 (3.6%) |
Education | Â |
 Illiterate, read and write | 11 (6.7%) |
 Primary education | 12 (7.3%) |
 Preparatory education | 33 (20.0%) |
 Secondary education | 58 (35.2%) |
 High education | 51 (30.9%) |
Occupation | Â |
 Working | 36 (21.8%) |
 Not working | 129 (78.2%) |
Residence | Â |
 Urban | 48 (29.1%) |
 Rural | 117 (70.9%) |
Socio-economic level | Â |
 Low | 74 (44.8%) |
 Middle | 52 (31.5%) |
 High | 39 (23.6%) |
Age of onset of schizophrenia (years) | Â |
 Mean ± SD | 22.8 ± 6.7 |
Duration of disease (years) | Â |
 Mean ± SD | 13.2 ± 8.7 |
Frequency of hospitalization | Â |
 None | 24 (14.5%) |
 Once | 67 (40.6%) |
 Twice | 52 (31.5%) |
 More than twice | 22 (13.4%) |
Lifetime substance use | Â |
 Positive | 68 (41.2%) |
 Negative | 97 (58.8%) |
Smoking status | Â |
 Not smoker | 58 (35.2%) |
 Ex-smoker | 17 (10.3%) |
 Smoker | 90 (45.5%) |
PANSS (mean ± SD) |  |
 Positive | 16.2 ± 5.4 |
 Negative | 17.5 ± 5.8 |
 General | 33.7 ± 11.6 |
Compliance Rating Scale (CRS) | Â |
 Mean ± SD | 4.5 ± 1.3 |
WHODAS (simple score) | Â |
 Mean ± SD | 32.5 ± 10.8 |
Drug screen results | Â |
 Positive | 30 (18.2%) |
 Negative | 135 (80.8%) |