Table 1. Sociodemographic characteristics of individuals detected with community informant detection tool for mental disorders, Nepal, 2014.
| Characteristic | Accessed health care (n = 341) | Did not access health care (n = 168) | Pyuthan district (n = 268) | Chitwan district (n = 241) | Total (n = 509) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, mean years (SD) | 35.9 (16.8) | 40.1 (16.5) | 32.9 (17.4) | 42.1 (14.7) | 37.3 (16.8) |
| Female, no. (%) | 174 (51.0) | 77 (45.8) | 154 (57.5) | 97 (40.2) | 251 (49.3) |
| Mins walking to clinic, mean (SD) | 56.8 (51.7) | 38.5 (39.2) | 76.1 (54.4) | 22.5 (14.0) | 50.7 (48.6) |
| Education, no. (%) | |||||
| No formal school | 147 (43.1) | 70 (41.7) | 112 (41.8) | 105 (43.6) | 217 (42.6) |
| Primary school | 97 (28.4) | 52 (31.0) | 77 (28.7) | 72 (29.9) | 149 (29.3) |
| Secondary school | 89 (26.1) | 35 (20.8) | 75 (28.0) | 49 (20.3) | 124 (24.4) |
| College | 8 (2.3) | 11 (6.5) | 4 (1.5) | 15 (6.2) | 19 (3.7) |
| Marital status, no. (%) | |||||
| Unmarried | 101 (29.6) | 41 (24.4) | 88 (32.8) | 54 (22.4) | 142 (27.9) |
| Married | 211 (61.9) | 113 (67.3) | 158 (59.0) | 166 (68.9) | 324 (63.7) |
| Widow | 20 (5.9) | 10 (6.0) | 14 (5.2) | 16 (6.6) | 30 (5.9) |
| Divorced/separated | 9 (2.7) | 4 (2.4) | 8 (3.0) | 5 (2.1) | 13 (2.6) |
| Type of informant, no. (%) | |||||
| FCHV | 283 (83.0) | 149 (88.7) | 191 (71.3) | 241 (100.0) | 432 (84.9) |
| Women’s group | 56 (16.4) | 18 (10.7) | 74 (27.6) | 0 (0.0) | 74 (14.5) |
| Traditional healer | 2 (0.6) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.7) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.4) |
| Youth group | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.6) | 1 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.2) |
| Identified vignette, no. (%)a | |||||
| Depression | 92 (27.0) | 55 (32.7) | 88 (32.8) | 59 (24.5) | 147 (28.9) |
| Psychosis | 90 (26.4) | 31 (18.5) | 55 (20.5) | 66 (27.4) | 121 (23.8) |
| Epilepsy | 119 (34.9) | 43 (25.6) | 125 (46.6) | 37 (15.4) | 162 (31.8) |
| Alcohol-use disorder | 40 (11.7) | 39 (23.2) | 0 (0.0) | 79 (32.8) | 79 (15.5) |
FCHV: female community health volunteer; SD: standard deviation.
a This indicates the condition identified by the community informant and recorded on the community informant detection tool; it does not indicate the clinical diagnoses made by health workers at health-care facilities.
Note: Inconsistencies arise in some values due to rounding.