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. 2024 Jun 18;24:450. doi: 10.1186/s12888-024-05890-1

Table 1.

A summary of the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the sample

= 130
Age, mean yrs (SD) 31.9 (9.6)
Female, n (%) 65 (50)
Education level, n (%)
 Primary school 40 (30.8)
 Junior Secondary School 30 (23.1)
 Senior Secondary School 34 (26.2)
 University Bachelor’s degree 12 (9.2)
 University Master degree 2 (1.4)
 Vocational studies 2 (1.4)
 No education 10 (7.7)
Poverty level (Ubudehe), n (%)
 Class A 0 (0.0)
 Class B 35 (26.9)
 Class C 44 (33.9)
 Class D 34 (26.2)
 Class E 11 (8.5)
 Unknown 6 (4.6)
Employment status, n (%)
 Working 38 (29.2)
 Un-employed 61 (46.9)
 Retired 1 (0.8)
 Student 5 (3.9)
 Others 25 (19.2)
Literacy, n (%) 121 (93.1)
Mean age of onset, yrs (SD) 21 (7.2)
Bipolar subtype, n (%)
 Bipolar I 125 (96.2)
 Bipolar II 5 (3.9)
Illness duration, mean yrs (SD) 12.5 (8.3)
Numbers of episodes, n (%)
 1–5 92 (68.2)
 6–10 15 (11.1)
 More than 10 28 (20.7)
Somatic Comorbidities, n (%) 13 (10)
Hospitalizations (number in a lifetime period) 3 [1–17] (Mean:4.5 / SD:3.9)

Data are mean (S.D.), median [IQR], or percentage (n) unless otherwise stated