Table 1.
Baseline characteristics.
| Factor | Level |
N = 1,201 n (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Site | Butabika(urban) | 701 (58.4%) |
| Masaka(rural) | 500 (41.6%) | |
| Gender | Male | 547 (45.5%) |
| Female | 654 (54.5%) | |
| Age | Median(IQR) | 36 (29,45) |
| Socio-economic status(grouped) | 0–2 | 189 (15.7%) |
| 3–4 | 409 (34.1%) | |
| 5–6 | 486 (40.5%) | |
| 8-Jul | 117 (9.7%) | |
| Marital status | Currently married | 384 (32.0%) |
| Widowed | 57 (4.7%) | |
| Separated/divorced | 295 (24.6%) | |
| Single | 464 (38.7%) | |
| Employment status | Farmer/fisherman | 304 (25.4%) |
| Professional | 139 (11.6%) | |
| Informal employment | 206 (17.2%) | |
| Unemployed | 549 (45.8%) | |
| Religion | Christian | 977 (81.3%) |
| Muslim | 212 (17.6%) | |
| Others | 10 (0.83%) | |
| Education level | No formal education | 37 (3.1%) |
| Primary | 476 (39.6%) | |
| Secondary | 460 (38.3%) | |
| Tertiary | 227 (18.9%) | |
| Primary diagnosis | Schizophrenia | 314 (26.1%) |
| Bipolar affective disorder | 787 (65.5%) | |
| Major Depressive disorder | 83 (6.9%) | |
| Missed taking oral psychiatric medications in last 3 days | Yes | 260 (21.7%) |
| No | 912 (75.9%) | |
| HIV status | Positive | 87 (7.2%) |
| Syphilis (VDRL) | Positive | 53 (4.4%) |