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Table 1 Demographic data

From: Transfers to psychiatry through the consultation-liaison psychiatry service: 11 years of experience

 

Transfers

Control group non-transfers

Two-tailed Fisher's exact test (p value)

 

(n = 294)

%

(n = 225)

%

 

Marital status:

     

Married

92

31.3

130

57.8

< 0.001

Single

122

41.5

68

30.2

< 0.01

Divorced

35

11.9

9

4.0

< 0.01

Widowed

45

15.7

18

8.0

< 0.01

Sex:

     

Male

139

47.2

110

48.9

NS

Female

155

52.8

115

51.1

NS

Age (t-test)

46.5 ± 17.3 (16–87)

49.2 ± 19. (14–85)

t = -1.65, NS

  1. NS, not significant.