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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics, BMI and information on substance use of enrolled patients

From: A pilot study on community-based outpatient treatment for patients with chronic psychotic disorders in Somalia: Change in symptoms, functioning and co-morbid khat use

 

Outpatients (17)

Remitted patients

Total (18)

Discharged (11)

Community (7)2

Age

36.5

36.4

38.2

33.7

(9.8)

(8.0)

(8.0)

(7.7)

Years of education2

6.9

5.6

4.9

6.6

(5.0)

(5.3)

(5.7)

(5.0)

Rating of economic situation index3

1.3

1.6

1.1

2.3

(1.1)

(1.0)

(0.9)

(0.8)

Objective index of economic situation4

1.9

2.1

1.7

2.8

(1.0)

(1.2)

(1.2)

(0.8)

Number of household members5

8.5

7.1

6.6

7.8

(3.0)

(3.9)

(4.1)

(2.9)

Currently married6

12%

33%

46%

14%

(2)

(6)

(5)

(1)

Refugee experience7

65%

69%

89%

43%

(11)

(11)

(8)

(3)

Combat exposure7

29%

44%

56%

29%

(5)

(7)

(5)

(2)

BMI at project start8

16.9

19.7

20.7

17.6

(3.5)

(2.9)

(3.1)

(1.2)

Lifetime khat use7

94.1%

100%

100%

100%

(16)

(17)

(10)

(7)

Age of onset of khat use9

15.8

17.3

17.1

17.6

(4.6)

(4.1)

(4.2)

(4.2)

Khat addiction (last year)10

70.0%

93.3%

100%

80.0%

(7)

(14)

(10)

(4)

Lifetime Alcohol use4

5.9%

18.8%

33.3%

0%

(1)

(3)

(3)

(0)

  1. Remitted patients comprise patients recruited at hospital discharge and in the community. The table reports means and standard deviations as well as percentages and N.
  2. 2 missing data: 17 outpatients, 17 remitted patients (10 discharged, 7 community).
  3. 3 missing data: 16 outpatients, 16 remitted patients (10 discharged, 6 community).
  4. 4 missing data: 17 outpatients, 16 remitted patients (10 discharged, 6 community).
  5. 5 missing data: 15 outpatients, 17 remitted patients (11 discharged, 6 community)
  6. 6 patients currently married as opposed to a composed category of being single, separated, divorced or widowed.
  7. 7 missing data: 17 outpatients, 16 remitted patients (9 discharged, 7 community).
  8. 8 missing data: 15 outpatients, 12 remitted patients (8 discharged, 4 community).
  9. 9 missing data: 15 outpatients, 17 remitted patients (10 discharged, 7 community).
  10. 10 missing data: 10 outpatients, 15 remitted patients (10 discharged, 5 community).