Table 3 Psycho-social and behavioral factors of cardiovascular patient outpatient cardiac clinic JUTH, southwest Ethiopia, December 2014
Factors | Frequency (n = 339) | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Living condition | ||
With family | 304 | 89.7 |
Live alone | 24 | 7.1 |
Othera | 11 | 3.3 |
Social support | ||
Poor | 132 | 38.9 |
Moderate | 130 | 38.3 |
Good | 77 | 22.7 |
Information about MI | ||
Yes | 216 | 63.7 |
No | 123 | 36.3 |
Neighborhood | 92 | 42.6 |
MI information source | ||
From religious leaders | 33 | 15.3 |
From mass media | 91 | 42.1 |
Presence of other mental illness in the family | ||
Yes | 65 | 19.2 |
No | 274 | 80.8 |
Awareness of MH service availability Hospital | ||
Yes | 204 | 60.2 |
No | 135 | 39.8 |
Cause of MI | ||
Evil or bad sprit | 37 | 10.90% |
Stress life events | 152 | 44.80% |
Genetic predisposition | 42 | 10.90% |
More than one of the above | 108 | 31.90% |
Fear stigma from the public | ||
Yes | 22 | 11.3 |
No | 173 | 88.7 |
Life time cigrate use | ||
Yes | 30 | 8.8 |
No | 309 | 91.2 |
Current cigrate use | ||
No | 325 | 95.9 |
Yes | 14 | 4.1 |
Life time alcohol use | ||
Yes | 41 | 12.1 |
No | 298 | 87.9 |
Current alcohol use | ||
No | 320 | 94.4 |
Yes | 19 | 5.6 |