Table 1. Baseline characteristics of patients included in the Burj-el Barajneh cohort between December 2008 and June 2011.
Characteristics | Cohort (N = 1144) | At least two GAFmeasurements (N = 526) | At least two SRQ20 measurements (N = 441) |
Nationality, n (%) | |||
Lebanese | 729 (63.7) | 399 (75.8) | 331 (75.0) |
Palestinian | 364 (31.8) | 113 (21.5) | 97 (22.0) |
Iraqi | 14 (1.2) | 4 (0.8) | 3 (0.7) |
Other | 32 (2.8) | 10 (1.9) | 10 (2.3) |
Missing | 5 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
Gender, n (%) | |||
Men | 410 (35.8) | 192 (36.5) | 126 (28.6) |
Women | 734 (64.2) | 334 (63.5) | 315 (71.4) |
Age (years), n (%) | |||
Median [IQR] | 39.2 [28.5–46.5] | 39.6 [30.5–48.2] | 40.0 [30.6–48.4] |
18–40 | 655 (57.3) | 273 (51.9) | 223 (50.6) |
41–60 | 373 (32.6) | 201 (38.2) | 173 (39.2) |
>60 | 97 (8.5) | 44 (8.4) | 38 (8.6) |
Missing | 19 (1.6) | 8 (1.5) | 7 (1.6) |
Reference, n (%) | |||
Family | 526 (46.0) | 272 (51.7) | 218 (49.4) |
NGO | 137 (12.0) | 58 (11.0) | 51 (11.6) |
UNRWA | 119 (10.4) | 48 (9.1) | 43 (9.8) |
Home visit | 112 (9.8) | 21 (4.0) | 18 (4.1) |
GP | 70 (6.1) | 44 (8.4) | 36 (8.2) |
Other | 120 (10.5) | 61 (11.6) | 56 (12.6) |
Missing | 60 (5.2) | 22 (4.2) | 19 (4.3) |
Diagnosis, n (%) | |||
Depression | 329 (28.8) | 198 (37.6) | 207 (46.9) |
Anxiety | 178 (15.6) | 114 (21.7) | 117 (26.5) |
Psychosis | 132 (11.5) | 91 (17.3) | 21 (4.8) |
Other | 215 (18.8) | 121 (23.0) | 93 (21.1) |
Missing | 290 (25.3) | 2 (0.4) | 3 (0.7) |