Table 2.
Status of the schizophrenia cohort after 5 years of follow-up in Butajira, Ethiopia
| Characteristics | Men (N = 252) | Women (N = 55) | Total (N = 307) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
| Alive: completed 5-year follow up | 180 | 71.4 | 42 | 13.7 | 222 | 72.3 |
| Refusal | 9 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2.9 |
| Out migrated | 9 | 3.6 | 2 | 0.65 | 11 | 3.6 |
| Vagrant | 6 | 2.4 | 1 | 0.32 | 7 | 2.3 |
| Untraceable | 1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Deceased: | 34 | 13.5 | 4 | 7.3 | 38 | 12.4 |
| Infection: malaria, TB... | 15 | 44.1 | 3 | 75 | 18 | 47.4 |
| Severe malnutrition | 5 | 14.7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13.2 |
| Suicide | 4 | 11.8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10.5 |
| Hit by Car | 1 | 2.9 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 5.3 |
| Other natural causes | 6 | 15.8 | 0 | 6 | 15.9 | |
| Unknown | 3 | 7.9 | 3 | 7.9 | ||
| Relation with mental illness | ||||||
| Caused | 9 | 26.5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 23.7 |
| Related | 11 | 32.4 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 31.6 |
| Independent | 9 | 26.5 | 2 | 50 | 11 | 28.9 |
| Undetermined | 5 | 14.7 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 15.8 |
| Place of death | ||||||
| Home | 27 | 79.4 | 3 | 30 | 78.9 | |
| Health facility | 2 | 5.9 | 1 | 3 | 7.9 | |
| Other places | 5 | 14.7 | 0 | 5 | 13.2 | |
| GAF score around death | ||||||
| < 60 | 27 | 79.4 | 2 | 50 | 29 | 76.3 |
| ≥ 60 | 2 | 5.9 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 7.9 |
| unknown | 5 | 14.7 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 15.8 |
| MSE around death | ||||||
| Remission | 2 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5.3 |
| Partial remission | 7 | 20.6 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 21.0 |
| In episode | 23 | 67.6 | 3 | 75 | 26 | 68.4 |
| Undetermined | 2 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5.3 |