Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the participants
From: Emotional processing in patients with single brain damage in the right hemisphere
Patients (n = 41) | Healthy subjects (n = 45) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean (SD) or N (%) | Mean (SD) or N (%) | t/χ2 | p | |
Age | 68.5 (12.2) | 66.3 (17.8) | 0.69 | 0.48 |
Males | 21.0 (51.1) | 23 (51.1) | 0.00 | 0.99 |
Highest education level | 0.45 | 0.79 | ||
No studies or elementary | 23.0 (56.1) | 23.0 (51.1) | ||
High school | 12.0 (29.3) | 13.0 (28.9) | ||
University | 6.0 (14.6) | 9.0 (20.0) | ||
Civil status | 6.48 | 0.16 | ||
Single | 1.0 (2.4) | 8.0 (17.8) | ||
Married | 29.0 (70.7) | 26.0 (57.8) | ||
Widower | 9.0 (22.0) | 10.0 (22.2) | ||
Separated | 1.0 (2.4) | 1.0 (2.2) | ||
Divorced | 1.0 (2.4) | 0.0 (0.0) | ||
Living arrangement | 17.42 | 0.00 | ||
Alone | 6.0 (14.6) | 6.0 (13.3) | ||
Family of origin | 1.0 (2.4) | 3.0 (6.7) | ||
Own family | 34.0 (82.9) | 22.0 (48.9) | ||
Residency | 0.0 (0) | 14.0 (31.1) | ||