RESULTS
Patient characteristics
The sample consisted of 60 subjects, 23 (71.87%) and
23 (71.87%) male, and seven (28.13%) and seven
(28.13%) female, in the intervention and usual treatment
groups, respectively. The patients’ mean age was
38.67 8.63 years, mean education 6 5.5 years,
and mean duration of illness and hospitalization
15.92 8.8 and 6.88 4.31 years, respectively. There
were no significant group differences in sex, age,
education level, or age at onset of illness (P > 0.05)
(Table 1).