Table 1.
Sociodemographic and clinical properties of the patients.
| Female | Male | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |||
| Gender | 94 (33.6%) | 186 (66.4%) | 280 (100%) | ||
| Marital status | Single | 58 (61.7%) | 127 (68.1%) | 185 (65.9%) | |
| Married | 16 (17.0%) | 39 (21.1%) | 55 (19.7%) | ||
| Divorced-widowed etc | 20 (21.3%) | 20 (10.8%) | 40 (14.4%) | ||
| Occupational status | Occupied | 29 (30.8%) | 79 (42.7%) | 108 (38.7%) | |
| No occupation | 42 (43.6%) | 54 (28.6%) | 95 (33.7%) | ||
| Retired | 5 (5.3%) | 17 (9.2%) | 22 (7.9%) | ||
| Governmental support | 19 (20.0%) | 36 (19.4%) | 55 (19.7%) | ||
| Community counselling centre visits | Daily or weekly | 54 (57.4%) | 101 (54.6%) | 155 (55.6%) | |
| Irregular or rare | 40 (42.6%) | 85 (45.4%) | 125 (44.4%) | ||
| Violence behaviour | Yes | 33 (35.1%) | 71 (38.4%) | 104 (37.3%) | |
| No | 61 (64.9%) | 114 (61.6%) | 175 (62.7%) | ||
| Suicidal attempt | Yes | 31 (33.0%) | 46 (24.9%) | 77 (27.6%) | |
| No | 64 (67.0%) | 139 (75.1%) | 202 (72.4%) | ||
| Age (mean±sd) | 41.37±10.67 | 40.71±9.53 | 40.93±9.91 | ||
| Years of education (mean±sd) | 7.53±3.98 | 8.74±3.59 | 8.33±3.77 | ||
| Duration of illness (years) (mean±sd) | 17.86±9.44 | 16.82±9.06 | 17.17±9.18 | ||
| Number of hospitalizations (mean±sd) | 2.32±2.64 | 3.14±3.12 | 2.87±2.99 | ||
| Total stay in hospital (days)(mean±sd) | 66.72±107.28 | 89.40±104.39 | 81.81±105.69 | ||