Table 4.
Level of awareness of mental health disorders by education and socio-economic status in Narail district in Bangladesh
| Mental Health Conditions | Awareness (heard of) | Education | Socio-economic condition | |||||||
| Primary (0–5), n = 1619 | Secondary, n = 326 | SSC or HSC, n = 385 | Degree or equivalent, n = 96 | *p-value for trend | In sufficient funds for at least some of the time, n = 1147 | Balance, n = 1037 | Sufficient funds most of the time, n = 242 | *p-value for trend | ||
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||||
| Common MHCs | Depression | 17 (1.1) | 25 (7.6) | 94 (24.4) | 70 (72.9) | < 0.001 | 33 (2.9) | 141 (13.6) | 32 (13.3) | < 0.001 |
| Anxiety | 11 (0.7) | 30 (9.2) | 63 (16.4) | 47 (49.1) | < 0.001 | 28 (2.4) | 102 (9.8) | 21 (8.8) | < 0.001 | |
| Drug addiction | 485 (30.2) | 123 (37.6) | 320 (83.3) | 90 (93.8) | < 0.001 | 381 (33.2) | 478 (46.1) | 159 (66.3) | < 0.001 | |
| Awareness of any MHCs | 487 (30.1) | 126 (38.5) | 326 (84.7) | 91 (94.8) | < 0.001 | 383 (33.4) | 485 (46.8) | 162 (67.5) | < 0.001 | |
| Severe MHCs | Psychosis | 14 (0.9) | 12 (3.7) | 27 (7.0) | 32 (33.3) | < 0.001 | 15 (1.3) | 48 (4.6) | 22 (9.2) | < 0.001 |
| Dementia | 314 (19.4) | 60 (18.3) | 211 (58.4) | 77 (80.2) | < 0.001 | 234 (20.4) | 313 (30.2) | 115 (47.9) | < 0.001 | |
| Bipolar disorder | 18 (1.1) | 8 (2.4) | 30 (7.8) | 23 (24.2) | < 0.001 | 23 (2.0) | 31 (3.0) | 25 (10.4) | < 0.001 | |
| Awareness of any MHCs | 317 (19.6) | 67 (20.5) | 216 (56.1) | 82 (85.4) | < 0.001 | 240 (20.9) | 323 (31.1) | 119 (49.6) | < 0.001 | |
| Mental Health Conditions | Awareness (heard of) | Occupation | ||||||||
| Student, n = 45 | Housewives, n = 978 | Land owner, n = 217 | Labourers, n = 282 | Business, n = 218 | Government / non-government employee, n = 137 | Retired or unable to work, n = 535 | **p-value | |||
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||||
| Common MHCs | Depression | 17 (37.8)c | 51 (5.3)a | 13 (6.0)a | 9 (3.0)a | 29 (13.1)b | 60 (43.8)d | 27 (5.0)a | < 0.001 | |
| Anxiety | 12 (26.7)b | 44 (4.5)a | 11 (5.1)a | 10 (3.4)a | 20 (9.0)a | 40 (29.2)C | 14 (2.6)a | < 0.001 | ||
| Drug addiction | 31 (68.9)d | 395 (40.7)b | 114 (52.5)c | 106 (35.7)b | 138 (62.2)c | 106 (77.4)d | 128 (23.8)a | < 0.001 | ||
| Awareness of any MHCs | 31 (68.9)c | 398 (41.0)b | 115 (53.0)b | 106 (35.7)b | 139 (62.6)c | 111 (81.0)d | 130 (24.2)a | < 0.001 | ||
| Severe MHCs | Psychosis | 3 (6.7)a | 24 (2.5)a | 4 (1.8)a | 5 (1.7)a | 10 (4.5)a | 28 (20.4)b | 11 (2.0)a | < 0.001 | |
| Dementia | 21 (46.7)d | 264 (27.2)b | 71 (32.7)c | 65 (21.9)b | 83 (37.4)c | 84 (61.3)d | 74 (13.8)a | < 0.001 | ||
| Bipolar disorder | 4 (8.9)b | 27 (2.8)a | 8 (3.7)a | 2 (0.7)a | 8 (3.6)a | 21 (15.3)b | 9 (1.7)a | < 0.001 | ||
| Awareness of any MHCs | 21 (46.7)c | 269 (27.7)b | 73 (33.6)b | 66 (22.2)a | 87 (39.2)c | 89 (65.0)d | 77 (14.3)a | < 0.001 | ||
Same symbol means there is no significant difference between the occupation and different symbol means significant difference
**indicates Fisher’s exact test was used to report p values for multiple pairwise comparisons
*p-value for trend indicates linear-by-linear association between awareness and underlying ordinal variables (education, socio-economic conditions)