Table 1

T0. Characteristics, living conditions, previous admissions of patients initially recruited in the study. Between brackets, standard deviations.
Variables
 Experimental group N = 57
 Control group N = 41
 Total N = 98
Male sex (%)
 60
 70
 64
Age average
 39 (10)
 42 (10)
 40 (10)
Years of completed education cycles (%)


     5 years or less
 13
 35
 22
     8 years
 60
 44
 53
     12–13 years or more
 27
 21
 25
Occupied (%)
 29
 33
 31
Usual living conditions


     Alone
 6
 15
 10
     With relatives
 59
 54
 57
     in residential centres
 35
 31
 33
Duration of disorder in years *
 17 (9)
 21 (10)
 19 (9)
Voluntary admissions in last year


     0
 55
 70
 61
     1
 20
 10
 21
     2 or more
 15
 20
 18
Compulsory admissions in last year


     0
 86
 93
 89
     1
 12
 5
 9
     2 or more
 2
 2
 2

statistically significant differences (P < 0.05) between the two groups.

Pioli et al. Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health 2006 2:5   doi:10.1186/1745-0179-2-5