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Table 2 Relationship between harm to property and sociodemographic characteristics

From: Dual harm among patients attending a mental health unit in Uganda: a hospital based retrospective study

Variables

Harm

To Property

No

Yes:

n = 502 (16.20%)

P value

Age

34.14, 14.08

31.94, 13.55

0.001

Sex

Female

1,191, 45.93%

171, 34.13%

< 0.001

Male

1,402, 54.07%

330, 65.87%

Marital status

Divorced/Separated/widowed

283, 13.55%

47, 11.08%

0.001

Single

821, 39.30%

207, 48.82%

Married/cohabiting

985, 47.15%

170, 40.09%

Level of education

None

505, 29.74%

135, 34.18%

0.001

Primary

496, 29.21%

136, 34.43%

Secondary

412, 24.26%

85, 21.52%

Tertiary

285, 16.78%

39, 9.87%

Occupation

Unemployed

327, 16.10%

83, 20.19%

0.210

Pupil/Student

298, 14.67%

59, 14.36%

Farmer

666, 32.79%

133, 32.36%

Other employment

740, 36.44%

136, 33.09%

Diagnosis

Bipolar

689, 36.09%

175, 45.45%

< 0.001

Schizophrenia

635, 33.26%

130, 33.77%

Depression

171, 8.96%

7, 1.82%

Psychosis secondary to GMC*

181, 9.48%

18, 4.68%

Substance use disorder

233, 12.21%

55, 14.29%

Duration on ward

   

One week

1,536, 63.11%

264, 56.41%

0.006

Over one week

898, 36.89%

204, 43.59%

Family history of mental illness

positive

460, 17.95%

113, 22.69%

0.013

Negative

2,103, 82.05%

385, 77.31%