% Recovery 8 20.0 5 14.0 Relapses 29 72.5 30 83.0 Continuous illness 3 7.5 1 3.0 Total 40 100.0 36 100.0 No significant difference on Chi square test Table 4 Disability scores DAS items Men Mean values Women Significance Social withdrawal .20 Selfcare .15 Household activities .25 Marital affective .08 Marital sexual .09 Social contact .15 Occupational role .48 Interest in work .61 Interest and information .20 Global disability .55 .05 .02 .08 .13 .30 .02 .09 .33 .14 .25 NS NS NS NS NS NS p<0.02 NS NS p<0.01 Two items were excluded due to insufficient data differences did not reach statistical significance (Table 2).
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