Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of the participants
| Pretest (N = 2305) | Posttest (N = 1372) | Follow-up rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Category | n (%) | n (%) | (%) |
| Gender | Female | 1531 (66.4) | 925 (67.4) | 60.4 |
| Male | 774 (33.6) | 447 (32.6) | 57.8 | |
| Marital status | Married | 1445 (62.7) | 911 (66.4) | 63.0 |
| Single/never married | 391 (17.0) | 210 (15.3) | 53.7 | |
| Widowed/divorced/separated | 469 (20.3) | 251 (18.3) | 53.5 | |
| Education level | No formal education | 529 (23.0) | 332 (24.2) | 62.8 |
| Primary education | 1359 (59.0) | 809 (59.0) | 59.5 | |
| Secondary education | 351 (15.2) | 193 (14.1) | 55.0 | |
| Tertiary/university education | 65 (2.8) | 37 (2.7) | 56.9 | |
| Missing | 1 (0.0) | 1 (0.1) | ||
| Employment status | Self-employed | 873 (37.9) | 602 (43.9) | 69.0 |
| Employed | 523 (22.7) | 310 (22.6) | 59.3 | |
| Unemployed | 905 (39.3) | 458 (33.4) | 50.6 | |
| Missing | 4 (0.2) | 2 (0.1) | ||
| Age | 20 and below | 47 (2.0) | 30 (2.2) | 63.8 |
| 21–30 years | 329 (14.3) | 182 (13.3) | 55.3 | |
| 31–40 years | 396 (17.2) | 236 (17.2) | 59.6 | |
| 41–50 years | 357 (15.5) | 219 (16.0) | 61.3 | |
| 51–60 years | 397 (17.2) | 241 (17.6) | 60.7 | |
| 60 and above | 779 (33.8) | 464 (33.8) | 59.6 | |
| Wealth index | Quintile 1 | 401 (17.4) | 257 (18.7) | 64.1 |
| Quintile 2 | 386 (16.7) | 207 (15.1) | 53.6 | |
| Quintile 3 | 481 (20.9) | 283 (20.6) | 58.8 | |
| Quintile 4 | 446 (19.3) | 258 (18.8) | 57.8 | |
| Quintile 5 | 591 (25.6) | 367 (26.7) | 62.1 | |
| Diagnosis | Major depression | 886 (38.4) | 593 (43.2) | 66.9 |
| Suicide | 26 (1.1) | 12 (0.9) | 46.2 | |
| Mania/hypomania | 19 (0.8) | 10 (0.7) | 52.6 | |
| Alcohol dependence/abuse | 102 (4.4) | 64 (4.7) | 62.7 | |
| Substance abuse/dependence | 40 (1.7) | 24 (1.7) | 60.0 | |
| Psychosis | 85 (3.7) | 43 (3.1) | 50.6 | |
| Cognitive deficit | 392 (17.0) | 240 (17.5) | 61.2 | |
| Epilepsy | 166 (7.2) | 108 (7.9) | 65.1 | |
| Comorbid | 589 (25.6) | 278 (20.3) | 47.2 |