Place patients first sought psychiatric treatment—n(%) | ||||
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Socio-demographic characteristics | Psychiatric hospital | Non-psychiatric hospital | χ 2 (df) | p value |
Sex | ||||
Male | 28 (50.0) | 28 (50.0) | 0.01 (1) | 0.919 |
Female | 25 (49.0) | 26 (51.0) | ||
Age (years) | ||||
<20 | 3 (5.4) | 2 (3.9) | ||
20–29 | 14 (25.0) | 19 (37.3) | ||
30–39 | 16 (28.6) | 13 (25.5) | Exact | 0.734 |
40–49 | 12 (21.4) | 7 (13.7) | ||
50–59 | 5 (8.9) | 6 (11.8) | ||
≥60 | 6 (10.7) | 4 (7.8) | ||
Educational level | ||||
No formal education | 7 (12.5) | 7 (13.7) | ||
Basic educationa | 22 (39.3) | 20 (39.2) | 0.06 (3) | 0.997 |
Secondary educationb | 14 (25.0) | 12 (23.5) | ||
Tertiary | 13 (23.2) | 12 (23.5) | ||
Marital status | ||||
Single/never married | 28 (50.0) | 34 (66.7) | ||
Married | 16 (28.6) | 10 (19.6) | Exact | 0.344 |
Widowed | 5 (8.9) | 1 (2.0) | ||
Divorced | 4 (7.1) | 4 (7.8) | ||
Separated | 3 (5.4) | 2 (3.9) | ||
Religion | ||||
Christian | 46 (82.1) | 46 (90.2) | 1.44 (1) | 0.231 |
Others | 10 (17.9) | 5 (9.8) | ||
Occupation | ||||
Unemployed | 28 (50.0) | 15 (29.4) | ||
Self-employed | 22 (39.2) | 22 (43.1) | 6.91 (2) | 0.033* |
Public servants | 6 (10.7) | 14 (27.5) | ||
Distance (in km) (mean ± SD)c | 0.17 ± 0.07 | 0.16 ± 0.06 | 1.35 (105)d | 0.1773 |
Ethnicity | ||||
Akan | 20 (35.7) | 20 (39.2) | 0.14 (1) | 0.708 |
others | 36 (64.3) | 31 (60.8) |