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Table 1 Sample description

From: Perceived quality of life in obsessive-compulsive disorder: related factors

Variables

Mean (years)

CI (95%) (years)

Age

36.4

33.6–37.2

Age of onset

20.7

18.5–22.9

  

%

N

Gender

Male

45.3

29

 

Female

54.7

35

Marital status

Single

57.8

37

 

Married/living with a partner for longer than 6 months

40.6

26

 

Divorced

1.6

1

Education

Primary

21.9

14

 

Secondary (Technical)

17.2

11

 

Secondary (Academic)

9.4

6

 

University preparatory course

4.7

3

 

University

46.9

30

Profession

Housewife

12.7

8

 

Student

11.1

7

 

Blue collar

55.6

35

 

Civil servant

7.9

5

 

White collar

11.1

7

Working status

Unemployed

40.6

26

 

Employed

59.4

38

History of medical disease

Yes

40.6

26

 

No

59.4

38

Acute Medical Disease

Yes

73.4

17

 

No

26.6

47

Chronic Medical Disease

Yes

39.0

25

 

No

61.0

39

Psychiatric comorbidity

Yes

46.9

30

 

No

53.1

34

 

Major depression

18.8

12

 

Disthymia

4.7

3

 

Substance abuse

14.1

9

 

Anxiety disorders

9.4

6

 

Other

10.9

7

 

More than one comorbid psychiatric disorder

14.1

9

History of psychiatric disorder

Yes

48.4

31

 

No

51.6

33

Substance abuse

Cannabis

6.2

4

 

Alcohol

3.1

2

 

Multiple

3.1

2

Clinical course

Insidious onset, long evolution

73.0

46

 

Intermittent

17.5

11

 

malignant

9.5

6