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Table 5 Associations of selected patient characteristics and likelihood of receiving biomedical treatment in the last 12 months

From: The psychosis treatment gap and its consequences in rural Ethiopia

Characteristics

Response categories

Number interviewed

% who received biomedical treatment

Crude Odds Ratio (95% Confidence Interval)

Adjusted Odds Ratio (95%Confidence Interval)

Sex

Male

172

36.6

 

Ref

Female

128

44.5

1.39 (0.87,2.21)

1.55 (0.92, 2.61)

Residence

Urban

60

41.7

 

Ref

Rural

239

39.8

0.92 (0.52,1.64)

1.11 (0.57,2.18)

Education

Illiterate

157

32.5

 

Ref

Read and write

53

37.7

1.26 (0.66,2.41)

1.27 (0.62, 2.62)

Formal Education

89

53.9

2.43 (1.43,4.15)

2.40 (1.27,4.53)

Relative wealth

Low or very low

191

38.7

 

Ref

Medium or above

109

42.2

1.15 (0.72,1.86)

0.96 (0.57,1.62)

Received traditional treatment in the last 12 months

No

136

25.0

 

Ref

 

Yes

164

52.4

3.31 (2.02,5.42)

3.22 (1.90,5.49)

   

Mean (SD)

  

Age

 

300

35.5 (13.5)

0.99 (0.97,1.00)

1.00 (0.98,1.02)

BPRSE

 

294

48.5 (15.6)

1.00 (0.98,1.01)

1.00 (0.98,1.02)

Social support

 

300

9.4 (2.4)

1.09 (0.99,1.21)

1.06 (0.95, 1.19)

  1. BPRSE Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale Expanded Version