Table 1 Relationship between harm to people and sociodemographic characteristics
Variables | Harm | ||
|---|---|---|---|
To people | |||
No | Yes: n = 1338 (43.19%) | P value | |
Age (mean, SD) | 34.92, 14.69 | 32.27, 12.93) | < 0.001 |
Sex | |||
Female | 848, 48.24% | 514, 38.47% | < 0.001 |
Male | 910, 51.76% | 822, 61.53% | |
Marital status | |||
Divorced/Separated/widowed | 191, 13.40% | 139, 12.78% | 0.009 |
Single | 546, 38.32% | 482, 44.30% | |
Married/cohabiting | 688, 48.28% | 467, 42.92% | |
Level of education | |||
None | 374, 31.30% | 266, 29.62% | 0.309 |
Primary | 344, 28.79% | 288, 32.07% | |
Secondary | 282, 23.60% | 215, 23.94% | |
Tertiary | 195, 16.32% | 129, 14.37% | |
Occupation | |||
Unemployed | 235, 17.07% | 175, 16.43% | 0.816 |
Pupil/Student | 198, 14.38% | 159, 14.93% | |
Farmer | 442, 32.10% | 357, 33.52% | |
Other employment | 502, 36.46% | 374, 35.12% | |
Diagnosis | |||
Bipolar | 414, 32.50% | 450, 44.12% | < 0.001 |
Schizophrenia | 434, 34.07% | 331, 32.45% | |
Depression | 158, 12.40% | 20, 1.96% | |
Psychosis secondary to GMC* | 128, 10.05% | 71, 6.96% | |
Substance use disorder | 140, 10.99% | 148, 14.51% | |
Duration on ward | Â | Â | Â |
One week | 1,061, 64.73% | 739, 58.51% | 0.001 |
Over one week | 578., 35.27% | 524, 41.49% | |
Family History of mental illness | |||
positive | 339, 19.53% | 234, 17.66% | 0.189 |
Negative | 1,397, 80.47% | 1,091, 82.34% | |