Table 4 Patient’s psychiatric disorders related characteristics of patients with mental disorders visiting psychiatry outpatient unit in Mekelle town, psychiatric clinics, Northern Ethiopia, 2019 (n = 221, control = 147, and case = 74)
Variable | Category | Control (n = 147) | Case (n = 74) |
|---|---|---|---|
Disorders | Major depressive disorders | 43(29.3) | 38(51.4) |
Bipolar disorders | 21(14.3) | 5(6.8) | |
Schizophrenia | 57(38.8) | 20(27.0) | |
Other psychotic disorders | 9(6.1) | 1(1.4) | |
Other psychiatric disorders | 17(11.6) | 10(13.5) | |
A psychotic feature associated with suicide | No | 102(95.3) | 36(70.6) |
A hallucination that tells/commands him/her to commit suicide | 4(3.7) | 11(21.6) | |
The delusion that believes I do not want to eat so as to die | 1(0.9) | 4(7.8) | |
Mode of illness onset | Abrupt (within hours/days) | 13(8.8) | 15(20.3) |
Acute (< 3 months) | 63(42.9) | 31(41.9) | |
Insidious, 3–12 months | 53(36.1) | 19(25.7) | |
Insidious, ≥ 12 months | 18(12.2) | 9(12.2) | |
Duration of illness since diagnosed | Acute < 3 months | 20(13.6) | 11(14.9) |
Sub-acute, 3 months–2 years | 68(46.3) | 35(47.3) | |
Chronic, 2 years and above | 59(40.1) | 28(37.8) | |
Admission | 1 week | 9(26.5) | 7(26.9) |
2 weeks | 8(23.5) | 9(34.6) | |
3 weeks | 9(26.5) | 5(19.2) | |
1 month and above | 8(23.5) | 5(19.2) | |
Frequency visit | Less than 1 month | 10(6.8) | 15(20.3) |
Every 1 month | 71(48.3) | 39(52.7) | |
Every 2 months | 48(32.7) | 12(16.2) | |
Every 3 months | 13(8.8) | 2(2.7) | |
OtherF | 5(3.4) | 6(8.1) |