Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the SF-36v2 in patients with severe mental illnesses in China: factor structure, reliability, and validity

Table 1 Demographic characteristics(N = 924)

Variable	N/M	%/SD
Gender
Male	350	37.9
Female	574	62.1
Age(years, M ± SD)	51.86	13.45
Marital status
Unmarried	214	23.2
Married	600	64.9
Divorced or widowed	110	11.9
Education
Elementary or below	483	52.3
Middle school	402	43.5
College or higher	39	4.2
Employment
Unemployed	107	11.6
Employed	797	86.3
Retired	20	2.2
Diagnosis
Schizophrenia	576	62.3
Schizoaffective disorder	6	0.6
Paranoid psychosis	3	0.3
Bipolar disorder	200	21.6
Mental disorder in epilepsy	62	6.7
Mental retardation with mental disorders	77	8.3

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