| CAU (N = 60) | CM (N = 68) | Univariate statistics | |
| Sex | χ2 = 0.443; ns | ||
| Male | 30 (50.0%) | 30 (44.1%) | |
| Female | 30 (50.0%) | 38 (55.9%) | |
| Age | 42.07 (9.5) | 41.34 (9.9) | t = 0.423; ns |
| Working | χ2 = 12.604; ns | ||
| Full time | 18 (30.0%) | 9 (13.2%) | |
| Part time | 3 (5.0%) | 1 (1.5%) | |
| No job | 39 (65.0%) | 58 (85.3%) | |
| Marital status | χ2 = 2.22; ns | ||
| Married | 15 (25.0%) | 15 (22.1%) | |
| Single | 33 (55.0%) | 40 (58.8%) | |
| Divorce | 12 (20.0%) | 13 (19.1%) | |
| Disease course | 20.24 (9.5) | 17.32 (8.1) | t = 1.87; ns |
| Hospitalization experience | χ2 = 4.84; ns | ||
| Hospitalization | 42 (70.0%) | 57 (83.8%) | |
| No hospitalization | 18 (30.0%) | 11 (16.2%) | |
| Medication | χ2 = 1.39; ns | ||
| Novel | 29 (48.3%) | 36 (52.9%) | |
| Conventional | 24 (40.0%) | 28 (41.2%) | |
| Combined | 7 (11.7%) | 4 (5.9%) | |
| Subtype | χ2 = 10.01; ns | ||
| Paranoid | 39 (65.0%) | 52 (76.5%) | |
| Hebephrenic | 1 (1.7%) | 3 (4.4%) | |
| Undifferentiated type | 4 (6.7%) | 0 | |
| Other | 16 (26.6%) | 13 (19.1%) |