Table 1.
Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of 784 PWH who completed a PHQ-9 questionnaire and a psychiatrist assessment in Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Kenya, and Senegal.
| Cameroon | Congo | Kenya | Cote d’Ivoire | Senegal | Total | |||||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Age: median (range) | 297 | 41 (19, 69) | 132 | 41 (22, 74) | 98 | 36 (21, 69) | 148 | 48 (21, 84) | 103 | 46 (23, 80) | 778 | 42 (19, 84) |
| Gender | ||||||||||||
| Male | 151 | 50.8 | 45 | 3.1 | 33 | 33.7 | 74 | 50.0 | 48 | 46.6 | 351 | 44.9 |
| Female | 149 | 49.2 | 83 | 62.9 | 64 | 65.3 | 74 | 50.0 | 55 | 53.4 | 425 | 54.4 |
| Missing | 0.0 | 4 | 3.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 5 | 0.6 | |||||
| Educational level | ||||||||||||
| Primary | 95 | 31.7 | 26 | 19.7 | 38 | 38.8 | 61 | 41.2 | 64 | 62.1 | 284 | 36.4 |
| Secondary | 145 | 48.2 | 67 | 50.8 | 38 | 38.8 | 54 | 36.5 | 30 | 29.1 | 334 | 42.8 |
| Tertiary | 32 | 10.8 | 32 | 24.2 | 17 | 17.3 | 33 | 22.3 | 9 | 8.7 | 123 | 15.7 |
| Missing | 28 | 9.4 | 7 | 5.3 | 5 | 5.1 | 40 | 5.1 | ||||
| Interview language | ||||||||||||
| English | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 38 | 38.8 | 47 | 6.0 | ||||
| French | 291 | 97.0 | 70 | 53.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 148 | 100.0 | 103 | 100.0 | 612 | 78.1 |
| Kituba | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 4.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.8 | ||||
| Lingala | 0 | 0.0 | 55 | 41.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 55 | 7.0 | ||||
| Swahili | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 60 | 61.2 | 60 | 7.7 | ||||