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Table 1 Background characteristics of the Study Participants (Households) by Mental Health Conditions and Severity

From: Mental health problems and socioeconomic disadvantage: a controlled household study in rural Ethiopia

Household Characteristics

Severe mental disorder (SMD) study

Depression study

Households of persons with SMD (N = 290)

Comparison households without persons with SMD

(N = 289)

Households of person with depression

(N = 128)

Comparison households for depression

(N = 129)

SMD with higher disability

(N = 148)

SMD with lower disability (N = 142)

Depression with higher disability

(N = 65)

Depression with lower disability

(N = 63)

Clinical Characteristics

      

Functioning measured using

      

WHODAS complex score

Median (IQR)

69.4 (61.1, 80.5)***

30.5 (19.4, 41.6)***

5.5 (0.0, 19.4)

47.2 (38.9, 61.1)

16.6 (11.1, 25.0)

–

WHODAS simple score, Median (IQR)

32.0 (28.0, 36.5)***

13.5 (8.0, 18.0)***

2.0 (0.0,7.0)

20.0 (9.0, 26.0)

7.0 (6.0, 10.0)

–

Symptom scores

      

BPRS-E,median (IQR)

48.0 (37.0, 59.0)

45.0 (34.5, 57.0)

–

–

–

–

PHQ-9, median (IQR)

–

–

–

12.0 (9.0, 15.0)

9.0 (6.0, 11.0)

–

Socio-demographic variables

      

Household size, mean (SD)

5.1 (2.1)

5.2 (2.3)

5.2 (2.0)

5.2 (2.1)

4.9 (1.9)

5.0 (2.0)

Household composition,††

Mean (SD)

2.6 (0.8)

2.7 (0.9)

2.7 (0.8)

2.7 (0.9)

2.6 (0.8)

2.6 (0.8)

Rural residence, n (%)

118 (79.7)

117 (82.3)

236 (81.6)

46 (70.8)

57 (90.5)*

103 (79.8)

Gender of household head, n (%) Male

104 (70.7)

106 (74.6)

223 (77.9)

52 (80.0)

49 (80.3)

96 (75.0)

Age (years) of household head, mean (SD)

50.1(14.8)

48.8 (13.6)

49.9 (13.9)

48.7 (11.8)

44.1 (12.9)

44.2 (13.8)

Marital status of household head, n (%) married

101 (68.7)*

104 (73.2)

223 (77.7)

52 (80.0)

50 (83.3)

98 (76.6)

Educational level of household -head, n (%) no formal education

98 (66.2)*

87(61.2)

179 (61.9)

44 (67.6)

38 (60.3)

67 (52.3)

  1. * P < 0.05, *** P < 0.001; †† adult equivalent
  2. WHODAS (World Health Organization Disability Assessment Scale); IQR (Inter-Quartile Range); SD (Standard Deviation); BPRS-E (Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale, Expanded version); PHQ-9 (Patient Health Questionnaire item-9)
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International Journal for Equity in Health

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