Table 1 Characteristics of the Sample
Overall (n = 140) | Male (n = 73) | Female (n = 67) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean age (SD) | 46.8 (12.2) | 46.0 (12.4) | 47.8 (12.0) | |||
Civil status | ||||||
Single | 77 | (55.0%) | 47 | (64.4%) | 30 | (44.8%) |
Married | 44 | (31.4%) | 19 | (26.0%) | 25 | (37.3%) |
Separated | 06 | (4.3%) | 03 | (4.1%) | 03 | (4.5%) |
Divorced | 08 | (5.7%) | 03 | (4.1%) | 05 | (7.5%) |
Widowed | 05 | (3.6%) | 01 | (1.4%) | 04 | (6.0%) |
Level of education | ||||||
No school education | 02 | (1.4%) | 01 | (1.4%) | 01 | (1.5%) |
Grade 1–5 | 15 | (10.7%) | 08 | (11.0%) | 07 | (10.4%) |
Grade 6–11 | 70 | (50.0%) | 39 | (53.4%) | 31 | (46.3%) |
O/L passed | 14 | (10.0%) | 07 | (9.6%) | 07 | (10.4%) |
Grade 12–13 | 17 | (12.1%) | 10 | (13.7%) | 07 | (10.4%) |
A/L passed | 18 | (12.9%) | 05 | (6.8%) | 13 | (19.4%) |
University education | 03 | (2.1%) | 02 | (2.7%) | 01 | (1.5%) |
Postgraduate education | 01 | (0.7%) | 01 | (1.4%) | – | – |
Occupational category | ||||||
Unemployed | 69 | (49.3%) | 37 | (50.7%) | 32 | (47.8%) |
Employed - full time | 30 | (21.4%) | 22 | (30.1%) | 08 | (11.9%) |
Homemaker | 21 | (15.0%) | – | – | 21 | (31.3%) |
Employed - part time | 10 | (7.1%) | 08 | (11.0%) | 02 | (3.0%) |
Retired | 07 | (5.0%) | 03 | (4.1%) | 04 | (6.0%) |
Self-employed | 03 | (2.1%) | 03 | (4.1%) | – | – |
Medical co-morbidities | ||||||
Diabetes mellitus | 17 | (12.1%) | 10 | (13.7%) | 07 | (10.4%) |
Hypertension | 12 | (8.6%) | 06 | (8.2%) | 06 | (9.0%) |
Hypercholesteraemia | 06 | (4.3%) | 05 | (6.8%) | 01 | (1.5%) |
Epilepsy | 02 | (1.4%) | 01 | (1.4%) | 01 | (1.5%) |
Special treatment modalities | ||||||
ECT at some point in the course of illness | 73 | (51.2%) | 41 | (56.2%) | 32 | (47.8%) |
Clozapine | 57 | (40.7%) | 34 | (46.6%) | 23 | (34.3%) |
Combined antipsychotics | 50 | (35.7%) | 31 | (42.5%) | 19 | (28.4%) |
LAIs | 18 | (12.9%) | 09 | (12.3%) | 09 | (13.4%) |