Table 3.
Distribution of respondents' perceived cause of mental illness among residents of Gimbi town, West Wellega Zone, Oromia region, Ethiopia (multiple responses), 2014.
| Causes | Mental illness | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epilepsy | Schizophrenia | MDD | GAD | ||||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
| Evil spirit | No | 262 | 32.1 | 232 | 28.4 | 280 | 34.3 | 334 | 40.9 |
| Yes | 554 | 67.9 | 584 | 71.6 | 536 | 65.7 | 482 | 59.1 | |
| God's punishment | No | 644 | 78.9 | 646 | 79.2 | 706 | 86.5 | 732 | 89.7 |
| Yes | 172 | 21.1 | 170 | 20.8 | 110 | 13.5 | 84 | 10.3 | |
| Witchcraft | No | 648 | 79.4 | 640 | 78.4 | 668 | 81.9 | 684 | 83.8 |
| Yes | 168 | 20.6 | 176 | 21.6 | 148 | 18.1 | 132 | 16.2 | |
| Daily stress | No | 596 | 73.0 | 254 | 31.1 | 774 | 94.9 | 202 | 24.8 |
| Yes | 220 | 27.0 | 562 | 68.9 | 42 | 5.1 | 614 | 75.2 | |
| Biological | No | 736 | 90.2 | 710 | 87.0 | 204 | 25.0 | 185 | 22.7 |
| Yes | 80 | 9.8 | 106 | 13.0 | 612 | 75.0 | 631 | 77.3 | |
| Substance use | No | 630 | 77.2 | 394 | 48.3 | 632 | 77.5 | 696 | 85.3 |
| Yes | 186 | 22.8 | 422 | 51.7 | 184 | 22.5 | 120 | 14.7 | |
| Physical illness | No | 488 | 59.8 | 664 | 81.4 | 632 | 77.5 | 756 | 92.6 |
| Yes | 328 | 40.2 | 152 | 18.6 | 184 | 22.5 | 60 | 7.4 | |