Table 1 Baseline characteristics for the total sample, the PD-Lo patient group and PD-Hi patient group
Variable | Total sample (n = 225) | PD-Lo (n = 131) | PD-Hi (n = 94) | Test statistic (df) | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Demographics | ||||||
Age n (mean) | 225 (39.4) | 131 (39.6) | 94 (39.0) | F (1)= 0.229 | .63 | |
Gender n (%) | male | 82 (36) | 51 (39) | 31 (33) | χ2(1) = .837 | .36 |
Cultural background n (%) | Dutch | 156 (69) | 96 (73) | 60 (64) | χ2(2) = 5.279 | .07 |
North-Western countries | 19 (8) | 15 (12) | 8 (9) | |||
Non-Western | 46 (20) | 20 (15) | 26 (28) | |||
Marital status n (%) | single | 157 (70) | 91 (70) | 66 (70) | χ2(2) = .259 | .88 |
married/living together | 46 (20) | 28 (21) | 18 (19) | |||
divorced | 22 (10) | 12 (9) | 10 (11) | |||
Living situation n (%) | Living alone | 152 (68) | 88 (67) | 64 (68) | χ2(4) = 2.231 | .69 |
Living alone with children | 21 (9) | 12 (9) | 9 (10) | |||
Living with parent/guardian | 7 (3) | 4 (3) | 3 (3) | |||
Living together | 32 (14) | 17 (13) | 15 (16) | |||
Living together with children | 13 (6) | 10 (8) | 3 (3) | |||
Job status n (%) | Job | 100 (44) | 67 (51) | 33 (35) | χ2(4) = 8.441 | .08 |
Student | 25 (11) | 12 (9) | 13 (14) | |||
Sickness benefits/Social security benefits | 44 (20) | 24 (18) | 20 (21) | |||
unemployed | 48 (21) | 22 (17) | 26 (28) | |||
Other | 7 (4) | 6 (5) | 2 (2) | |||
Educational level n (%) | Low | 106 (48) | 64 (51) | 42 (45) | χ2(2) = 0.718 | .70 |
Intermediate | 72 (33) | 40 (32) | 32 (34) | |||
High | 41 (19) | 22 (18) | 19 (20) | |||
Clinical characteristics | ||||||
Symptom severity, SCL-GSI Mean (SD) | 210.72 (58.05) | 176.60 (36.56) | 258.26 (48.20) | F [1] = 208.73 | .00** | |
Schema severity, YSQ total Mean (SD) | 2.95 (0.70) | 2.64 (0.60) | 3.39 (0.60) | F (1) = 86.168 | .00** | |
Number personality disorders n (%) | ||||||
one personality disorder | 140 (62) | 89 (68) | 51 (54) | χ2(3) = 7.052 | .13 | |
two personality disorders | 33 (15) | 18 (14) | 15 (16) | |||
three personality disorders | 51 (23) | 24 (18) | 27 (29) | |||
four personality disorders | 12 (5) | 4 (3) | 8 (9) | |||
Specific personality disorder n (%) | ||||||
borderline personality disorder | 49 (22) | 28 (21) | 21 (22) | χ2(3) = 5.462 | .70 | |
avoidant personality disorder | 33 (15) | 22 (17) | 11 (12) | |||
personality disorder not otherwise specified | 126 (56) | 71 (54) | 55 (58) | |||
other personality disorder | 17 (7) | 10 (8) | 7 (8) | |||
Medication n(%) | 109 (48) | 55 (42) | 54 (57) | χ2(1) = 5.239 | .02* | |
Type of medication n(%) | antidepressants | 75 (53) | 37 (56) | 38 (51) | χ2(3) = .561 | .91 |
antipsychotics | 22 (16) | 9 (14) | 13 (17) | |||
benzodiazepines | 27 (19) | 12 (18) | 15 (20) | |||
other mental | 17 (12) | 8 (12) | 9 (12) | |||
Medication somatics n(%) | 6 (5) | |||||
Prior treatment for current treatment n(%) | 202 (91) | 113 (87) | 89 (96) | χ2(1) = 4.895 | .03* | |
Drop-out history n(%) | 59 (28) | 30 (24)) | 29 (33) | χ2(1) = 2.170 | .14 | |