Patients who continued regularly to CMHC

(n = 43)

Patients who did not continue regularly to CMHC

(n = 43)

Age range (years)

23 - 58

22 - 55

Age, mean ± SD

41.67 ± 8.90

38.90 ± 16.89

Gender (n, (%))

Female

16. (37.2)

18. (41.9)

Male

27. (62.8)

25. (58.1)

Marital status (n, (%))

Single

35 (81.39)

37 (86)

Divorced, separate

5 (11.62)

4 (9.30)

Married

3 (6.97)

2 (4.65)

Education (n, (%))

Literate

9 (20.93)

11 (25.58)

Primary school graduate

10 (23.25)

14 (32.55)

Secondary school, high school

21 (48.83)

16 (37.21)

University graduate

3 (6.97)

2 (4.65)

Duration of disease (year) (mean ± SD)

12 ± 1.22

13 ± 27

Drug therapy (n, (%))

Atypical antipsychotic

31 (72.09)

30 (69.76)

Typical antipsychotic

3 (6.97)

2 (4.65)

Typical/atypical antipsychotic

9 (20.93)

11 (25.58)

Type of schizophrenia (n, (%))

Paranoid

36 (83.72)

33 (76.74)

Disorganized

0 (0)

5 (11.62)

Undifferentiated

3 (6.97)

3 (6.97)

Residual

4 (9.30)

2 (4.65)