Table 1 Socio-demographic and Clinical characteristics of patients with SMI having follow up at AMSH, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2019 (n = 387)
Variables | Categories | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
Age (M ± SD) 40 ± 8 |  |  |  |
Sex | Male | 226 | 58.4 |
| Â | Female | 161 | 41.6 |
Ethnicity | Amhara | 180 | 46.5 |
| Â | Oromo | 160 | 41.3 |
| Â | Tigre | 30 | 7.8 |
| Â | Others* | 17 | 4.4 |
Religion | Orthodox | 201 | 51.9 |
| Â | Muslim | 103 | 26.6 |
| Â | Protestant | 70 | 18.1 |
| Â | Others** | 13 | 3.4 |
Residence | Urban | 312 | 80.6 |
| Â | Rural | 75 | 19.4 |
Marital status | Single | 209 | 54.0 |
| Â | Married | 99 | 25.6 |
| Â | Divorced | 60 | 15.5 |
| Â | Widowed and separated | 19 | 4.9 |
Educational status | Unable to read and write | 24 | 6.2 |
| Â | Primary education | 110 | 28.4 |
| Â | Secondary education | 73 | 18.9 |
| Â | Diploma, degree and above | 180 | 46.5 |
Occupational status | Private business | 141 | 36.4 |
| Â | Unemployed | 150 | 38.8 |
| Â | Employed | 79 | 20.4 |
| Â | Others**** | 17 | 4.3 |
Living arrangement | With families | 280 | 72.4 |
| Â | Alone | 107 | 27.6 |
Age of onset the illness(Mean ± SD) 31 ± 10 |  |  |  |
Type of diagnosis | Schizophrenia | 236 | 61.0 |
| Â | Bipolar | 62 | 16.0 |
| Â | Major depression | 89 | 23.0 |
Duration of the illness | Less than 5Â years | 100 | 25.8 |
|  | 5–10 years | 219 | 56.6 |
| Â | Greater than 10Â years | 68 | 17.6 |
Comorbid medical diagnosis | No | 320 | 82.7 |
| Â | Yes | 67 | 17.3 |
Medication adherence | Adherent | 191 | 49.4 |
| Â | Non-adherent | 196 | 50.6 |
Current substance use | Â | Â | Â |
Current alcohol | Yes | 47 | 12.1 |
| Â | No | 340 | 87.9 |
Current tobacco | Yes | 31 | 8.01 |
| Â | No | 356 | 91.99 |
Current khat/caffeinated drinks | Yes | 39 | 10.07 |
| Â | No | 348 | 89.9 |
Over all | yes | 117 | 30.2 |
| Â | No | 270 | 69.8 |