Evaluation of outcomes for psychosis and epilepsy treatment delivered by primary health care workers in Nepal: a cohort study

Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of sample presented by total and subgroup percentages

	Comprehensive treatment package (%)	eTAU (%)	Total (%)	χ² P value comparison
	n = 157	n = 47	n = 204	χ² P value comparison
Disorder				0.42
Psychosis	40	47	42
Epilepsy	60	53	58
Male	51	51	51	0.99
Average age^a	36.5 (14.4)	34.9 (11.5)	36.2 (13.8)	0.49
Highest level of education
No formal education	38	43	39
Primary level	32	34	33
Secondary level	21	19	21
Higher secondary or above	9	4	8
Employment category
Unemployed	22	26	23
Student or informal	11	43	19
Agriculture	54	23	47
Formal or day work	13	9	12
Caste				0.33
Brahmin/Chhetri	34	23	32
Dalit	30	32	30
Janajati/Yogi/Puri/Giri	36	45	38
Married	61	74	64	0.08
Family income sufficient to sustain yourself? (months per year)				0.26
A little (1–3)	10	17	12
A quite bit (3–6)	29	34	30
Very much (6–9)	33	34	33
Always (9–12)	27	15	25

^aAverage age presented as values, not percentages; also T-test p value presented for age comparison
eTAU enhance treatment as usual

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