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Table 1 Demographic and Medical Profile of Participants

From: Subjective well-being, general self-efficacy and coping with stress in former psychiatric patients preparing for the peer support role: an exploratory study

Characteristic

Representation

Age

Range

21–62 years

  

Mean

41.43

SD = 10.37

 

Gender

Female

46 (63.89%)

  

Male

26 (36.11%)

  

Educational status

Higher education

35 (48.61%)

  

Secondary education

34 (47.22%)

  

Vocational education

3 (4.17%)

  

Job

Worked

34 (47.22%)

Permanently employed

19 (26.39%)

  

Odd jobs

15 (20.83%)

Unemployed

32 (44.44%)

  

Students

6 (8.33%)

  

Relationships

Married or in civil unions

36 (50.00%)

  

Single

36 (50.00%)

  

Living status

With a family member or partner

63 (87.50%)

  

Alone

9 (12.50%)

  

Number of hospitalizations

Range

1–15

  

Mean

3.68

SD = 3.86

 

Diagnosed disordera

Organic disorders

4 (5.56%)

  

Schizophrenia

33 (45.83%)

  

Mood disorders

34 (47.22%)

  

Personality disorders

1 (1.39%)

  

Subjective evaluation of mental health

Bad

0 (0.00%)

  

Unsatisfied

6 (8.33%)

  

Moderate

31 (43.05%)

  

Good

26 (36.12%)

  

Very good

9 (12.50%)

  
  1. SD standard deviation; N = 72
  2. aSubjects were diagnosed by psychiatrists with use of the ICD-10 categories