Table 1 Social-demographic characteristics (baseline)
Characteristics | Intervention group (n = 139) | Control group (n = 154) | t/x2 | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age, years: mean (SD) | 37.99 (9.07) | 39.97 (10.29) | − 1.75 | 0.08 |
Race (Han), n (%) | 137 (98.6) | 151 (98.1) | 0.11 | 0.74 |
Sex n (%) | 3.42 | 0.08 | ||
 Male | 69 (49.6) | 93 (60.4) |  |  |
 Female | 70 (50.4) | 61 (39.6) |  |  |
Education level, n (%) | 6.68 | 0.01 | ||
 High school or below | 15 (10.8) | 34 (22.1) |  |  |
 College degree or above | 124 (89.2) | 120 (77.9) |  |  |
Religion, n (%) | 0.04 | 0.98 | ||
 No | 132 (95.0) | 147 (95.5) |  |  |
 Christianism | 2 (1.4) | 2 (1.3) |  |  |
 Buddhism | 5 (3.6) | 5 (3.2) |  |  |
Disease management, n (%) | 6.11 | 0.42 | ||
 Schizophrenia | 102 (73.4) | 107 (69.5) |  |  |
 Schizoaffective disorder | 3 (2.2) | 5 (3.2) |  |  |
 Paranoid mental disorders | 8 (5.8) | 9 (5.8) |  |  |
 Bipolar disorder | 3 (2.2) | 8 (5.2) |  |  |
 Mental disorders due to epilepsy | 4 (2.9) | 4 (2.6) |  |  |
 Mental retardation with mental symptoms | 14 (10.1) | 9 (5.8) |  |  |
 Other mental disorders | 5 (3.6) | 12 (7.8) |  |  |
Care assistant workers, n (%) | 18.33 | < 0.001 | ||
 Primary health workers | 26 (18.7) | 34 (22.1) |  |  |
 Community policemen | 14 (10.1) | 31 (20.1) |  |  |
 Community cadres | 89 (64.0) | 63 (40.9) |  |  |
 Volunteer and others | 10 (7.2) | 26 (16.9) |  |  |
Care willingness n (%) | 2.24 | 0.69 | ||
 Strongly willingness | 29 (20.9) | 31 (20.1) |  |  |
 Willingness | 69 (49.6) | 75 (48.7) |  |  |
 Neither willingness nor Unwillingness | 31 (22.3) | 38 (24.7) |  |  |
 Unwillingness | 5 (3.6) | 8 (5.2) |  |  |
 Strongly unwillingness | 5 (3.6) | 2 (1.3) |  |  |