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Table 2 Socio-demographic, socio-economic and clinical variables (N = 297)

From: Predictors of quality of life in a longitudinal study of users with severe mental disorders

Categories

Sub-categories

Variables

 n

 %

Sociodemographic variables

Age [Mean (SD)]

 

48.5

10.4

 

Gender

Men

153

51.5

  

Women

144

48.5

 

Spoken language

French

190

64.0

  

English

61

20.5

  

French/English

7

2.4

  

Others

37

12.5

 

Civil status

Single/Never married

224

75.4

  

In a relationship/Married/Remarried

33

11.1

  

Separated/Divorced/Widow

40

13.5

Socio-economic variables

Type of housing

Autonomous housing

179

60.3

  

Supervised housing

116

39.1

 

Education

Primary/Secondary school

185

62.3

  

College/University

110

37.0

Clinical variables

Severe mental health disorders

Schizophrenia

113

38.0

  

Mood disorders

124

41.8

  

Schizophrenia spectrum disorders

38

12.8

  

Delusional and other psychotic disorders

28

9.4

 

Second diagnosis

Anxiety disorders

36

12.1

  

Dependences and substance abuse

  
  

Drug

16

5.4

  

Alcohol

13

4.4

  

Multiple

27

9.1

  

Personality disorders

81

27.3

  

Moderate or mild mental retardation

37

12.5