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Table 5 Nested model building based on the Akaike Information Criterion and Bayesian Information Criterion on seeking care in psychiatric hospital

From: Pathways to psychiatric care for mental disorders: a retrospective study of patients seeking mental health services at a public psychiatric facility in Ghana

Variables

Model 1

p value

Model 2

p value

 

aOR (95 % CI)

 

aOR (95 % CI)

 

Education level

No formal education

ref

 

**

**

Basic educationa

0.40 (0.07–2.20)c

   

Secondary educationb

0.34 (0.05–2.23)

0.149

  

Tertiary

0.16 (0.03–0.90)

   

Marital status

Single/never married

ref

   

Married

0.22 (0.05–0.88)c

 

**

**

Widowed

0.05 (0.00–0.65)

   

Divorced

0.38 (0.07–1.91)

   

Separated

0.2 (0.07–1.91)

0.143

  

Religion

Christian

ref

   

Others

0.3 (0.05–2.50)c

0.218

**

**

Occupation

Unemployed

ref

 

ref

 

Self-employed

2.99 (0.85–10.54)c

 

1.89 (0.66–5.32)

 

Public servant

11.07 (1.21–101.28)

0.008*

4.36 (1.16–16.30)

0.011*

Measures of Fit for logistic

AIC

1.357

 

1.356

 

BIC

−341.424

 

−349.526 

 
  1. AIC akaike information criterion, BIC Bayesian information criterion
  2. * p < 0.05; ** Variables that were not used in the model
  3. a Primary/junior high
  4. bSenior high/vocational
  5. c Variables used in the model