Measure |
EO-AN M ± SD or N (%) |
TO-AN M ± SD or N (%) |
LO-AN M ± SD or N (%) | p-value |
---|---|---|---|---|
N = 58 | N = 113 | N = 78 | ||
Age | 24.77 ± 7.94 | 24.96 ± 8.48 | 30.59 ± 10.06** | <.001 |
Age of onset | 12.31 ± 2.35 | 16.19 ± 1.03** | 24.01 ± 6.83** | <.001 |
Duration of illness | 12.46 ± 8.94 | 8.08 ± 8.44* | 6.39 ± 7.87** | <.001 |
Gender | 0.832 | |||
Male | 3 (5.2%) | 5 (4.4%) | 5 (6.4%) | |
Female | 55 (94.8%) | 108 (95.6%) | 73 (93.6%) | |
Ethnicity | 0.769 | |||
Caucasian | 48 (82.8%) | 89 (78.8%) | 57 (73.1%) | |
Other European | 3 (5.2%) | 5 (4.4%) | 6 (7.7%) | |
East Asian | 2 (3.4%) | 4 (3.5%) | 1 (1.3%) | |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander | 1 (1.7%) | 2 (1.8%) | 2 (2.6%) | |
Other/Unknown | 4 (6.9%) | 13 (11.5%) | 12 (15.4%) | |
Education | 0.177 | |||
Secondary School | 24 (41.4%) | 35 (31.0%) | 16 (20.5%) | |
Tertiary commenced/completed | 30 (51.7%) | 68 (60.2%) | 50 (64.1%) | |
Vocational | 1 (1.7%) | 3 (2.7%) | 2 (2.6%) | |
Other/Unknown | 3 (5.2%) | 7 (6.2%) | 10 (12.8%) | |
Employment | 0.226 | |||
Student | 19 (32.8% | 48 (42.5%) | 18 (23.1%) | |
Full-time employed | 4 (6.9%) | 7 (6.2%) | 9 (11.5%) | |
Part-time employed | 11 (19.0%) | 23 (20.4%) | 13 (16.7%) | |
Home duties | 1 (1.7%) | 3 (2.7%) | 4 (5.1%) | |
Unemployed | 4 (6.9%) | 9 (8.0%) | 7 (9.0%) | |
Unable to work because of illness | 17 (29.3%) | 17 (15.0%) | 23 (29.5%) | |
Unknown/missing | 2 (3.4%) | 6 (5.3%) | 4 (5.1%) | |
Marital status | 0.180 | |||
Never married | 46 (79.3%) | 88 (77.9%) | 53 (67.9%) | |
Widowed | – | – | 1 (1.3%) | |
Divorced/separated | 1 (1.7%) | 4 (3.5%) | 8 (10.3%) | |
Married/defacto | 8 (13.8%) | 10 (8.8%) | 11 (14.1%) | |
Unknown/missing | 3 (5.2%) | 11 (9.7%) | 5 (6.4%) |