Table 2.
Illness-related information
| Outpatients (17) |
Remitted patients |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (18) | Discharged (11) | Community (7) | ||
| Age at psychosis onset |
22.8 (7.3) |
25.4 (6.2) |
27.4 (6.3) |
22.3 (4.9) |
| Duration of illness |
13.6 (5.2) |
11.0 (6.4) |
10.7 (6.2) |
11.4 (7.1) |
| Times treated in Mental Hospital |
0.9 (0.9) |
2.3 (2.7) |
2.7 (3.3) |
1.6 (1.1) |
| Last discharge from Mental Hospital: years ago2 |
3.2 (2.6) |
1.0 (2.8) |
0 (0) |
3.2 (4.6) |
| Times consulted a medical doctor3 |
0.9 (1.1) |
0.7 (0.8) |
0.3 (0.5) |
1.3 (1.0) |
| Times consulted a traditional healer4 |
1.7 (3.2) |
1.9 (2.0) |
2.3 (2.2) |
1.4 (1.8) |
| Times consulted a sheikh5 |
1.6 (2.3) |
1.2 (1.3) |
1.7 (1.5) |
0.6 (0.5) |
| Times admitted to prison due to mental problems6 |
1.8 (3.5) |
0.9 (2.0) |
0.9 (1.9) |
1.0 (2.5) |
| Months of life locked up due to mental problems7 |
4.0 (14.6) |
1.0 (3.6) |
1.7 (4.6) |
0.1 (0.0) |
| Months of life chained (hog-tied) due to mental problems8 | 57.8 (96.7) | 15.9 (27.9) | 4.1 (5.5) | 32.9 (38.3) |
Remitted patients comprise patients recruited at hospital discharge and in the community. The table reports means and standard deviations as well as percentages and N.
2only includes patients with a psychiatric inpatient history: 9 outpatients, 16 remitted patients (11 discharged, 5 remitted).
3missing data: 17 outpatients, 17 remitted patients (10 discharged, 7 community).
4missing data: 17 outpatients, 16 remitted patients (9 discharged, 7 community).
5missing data: 17 outpatients, 16 remitted patients (9 discharged, 7 community).
6missing data: 17 outpatients, 16 remitted patients (10 discharged, 6 community).
7missing data: 17 outpatients, 15 remitted patients (9 discharged, 6 community).
8missing data: 16 outpatients, 17 remitted patients (10 discharged, 7 community).