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Table 1 Sociodemographic and economic characteristics of people initiating HIV care with mental and substance use disorder symptoms in Cameroon, overall and by history of mental health help-seeking

From: Correlates of self-reported history of mental health help-seeking: a cross-sectional study among individuals with symptoms of a mental or substance use disorder initiating care for HIV in Cameroon

 

Total

n = 161

N (%)

No mental health help-seeking

n = 72

N (%)

Any mental health help-seeking n = 89

N (%)

p-value

Sex

 Male

69 (42.9)

32 (44.4)

37 (41.6)

0.71

 Female

92 (57.1)

40 (55.6)

52 (58.4)

 

Age (median/IQR)

36 (30–43)

36 (30–42.5)

37 (31–43)

0.38

Education

 None

16 (9.9)

7 (9.7)

9 (10.1)

0.12

 Primary

87 (54.0)

33 (45.8)

54 (60.7)

 

 Secondary

58 (36.0)

32 (44.4)

26 (29.2)

 

Religion

 Catholic

51 (31.7)

26 (36.1)

25 (28.1)

0.30

 Protestant

55 (34.2)

26 (36.1)

29 (32.6)

 

 Born again

43 (26.7)

14 (19.4)

29 (32.6)

 

 Other

12 (7.4)

6 (8.3)

6 (6.7)

 

Relationship status

 Single

71 (44.1)

27 (37.5)

44 (49.4)

0.13

 In a relationship/married

90 (55.9)

45 (62.5)

45 (50.6)

 
  1. IQR: Interquartile range