Burden among caregivers of people with mental illness at Jimma University Medical Center, Southwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Table 1 Description of socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of caregivers (n = 406)

Variables	Category	n	%
Mean age (± SD)		38.45 ± 12.03
Median income (IQR)		50.00/50.00
Median duration of care (IQR) in years		3.00/6.00
Mean duration of stay with patient in 24 h		7.52 ± 3.25
Mean social support (OSSS) ± (SD)		8.14 ± 3.38
Mean stigma (PSS) ± (SD)		14.02 ± 6.81
Sex	Male	264	65.0
Sex	Female	142	35.0
Marital status	Single	112	27.6
	Married	275	67.7
	Others	19	4.7
Religion	Muslim	268	66.0
	Orthodox	91	22.4
	Others^a	47	11.6
Ethnicity	Oromo	291	71.7
	Amhara	46	11.3
	SNNP^e	41	10.1
	Others^b	28	6.9
Educational status	Not educated	118	29.1
	1–8th grade	118	29.1
	9–12th grade	84	20.7
	College/above	86	21.2
Occupation	Farmer	161	39.7
	Gov’t employee	70	17.2
	Private employee	77	19.0
	Unemployed	87	21.4
	Others^d	11	2.7
Residence area	Urban	203	50
Residence area	Rural	203	50
Relation to the patient	Parent	156	38.4
	Spouse	43	10.6
	Sibling	130	32.0
	Child	56	13.8
	Others^c	21	5.2
Known diagnosed medical illness	Yes	18	4.4
Known diagnosed medical illness	No	388	95.6

^aProtestant, catholic, seven adventist, etc.
^bTigre, Gambella, Benshangul gumz, etc.
^cAunt, uncle, friends and neighbor
^dDaily laborer, other informal jobs
^eSouthern nation nationalities and people like Gurage, Siltie, Keffa, Yem, etc.

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