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Table 2 Households characteristics at enrollment(T1) and follow-up(T2)

From: The effect of expanded access to mental health care on economic status of households with a person with a mental disorder in rural Ethiopia: a controlled before-after study

Variables

SMD sub- study

Depression sub- study

T1

T2

T1

T2

SMD intervention

Comparisons for SMD

SMD intervention

Comparison for SMD

Depression intervention

Comparisons for depression

Depression intervention

Comparisons for depression

N = 290

N = 289

N = 284

N = 281

N = 128

N = 129

N = 120

N = 118

Age, in years, mean (SD)

49.5 (14.3)

49.9 (14.0)

49.8(14.4)

51.1 (14.4)

46.3 (12.6)

44.2(13.8)

46.5 (15.4)

43.8 (14.6)

Household size, mean (SD)

5.2 (2.3)

5.3(2.1)

5.0 (2.1)

5.2 (2.1)

5.1(2.1)

5.0 (2)

5.2(2.1)

5.4 (2.1)

Education, no. (%)

        

No formal education

185(63.8)

179(61.94)

184(64.8)

186(66.2)

82(64.1)

67(52.4)

76* ( 63.3)

50 (42.4)

Primary education

76(26.2)

83(28.72)

65(22.9)

67(23.8)

32(25.0)

36(28.1)

29 (24.2)

42(35.6)

More than primary

29(10.0 )

27(9.34)

35(12.3)

28(10.0)

14(10.9)

25(19.5)

15 (12.5)

26(22.0)

Gender, no. (%)

        

Male

210(72.7)

223(78.0)

200(70.4)

212(75.4)

102(80.3)

98(76.6)

96(80.0)

91(77.1)

Female

79(27.3)

63(22.0)

84(29.6)

69(24.6)

25(19.7)

30(23.4)

24(20.0)

27(22.9)

Residence, no. (%)

        

Rural

236(81.4)

236(81.7)

231(81.6)

230(81.9)

104 (80.6)

103(79.8)

98(81.7)

94(79.7)

Urban

54(18.6)

53(18.3)

52(18.4)

51(18.1)

25(19.4)

26(20.2)

22(18.3)

24 (20.3)

With health insurance, no. (%)

        

Yes

3(1.0)

8(2.8)

26**(9.2)

56(20.0)

3(2.4)

9(7)

19*** (15.8)

40(30.9)

No

286(99.0)

279(97.2)

258(90.8)

224(80.0)

124(97.6)

119(93)

101(84.2)

78(66.1)

Marital status, no. (%)

        

Never married

20 (6.9)

5 (1.7)

13(4.6)

3(1.1)

4(3.2)

6(4.7 )

1(0.8)

5 (4.2)

Married

205(70.9)

223 (77.7)

203(71.7)

215(76.5)

103(81.7)

98(76.6)

99(83.2)

94 (79.7)

Separated/divorced/widowed

64 (22.2)

59 (20.6)

67(23.7)

63(22.4)

19(15.1)

24(18.7)

19(16.0)

19 (16.1)

Clinical characteristics

        

WHODAS complex score, median (IQR) §

52.8*** (30.6, 69.4)

5.6(0, 19.4)

  

33.3(16.6, 47.2)

-

 

-

BPRS-E score, median (IQR) §

47 (35,5)

-

  

-

-

 

-

PHQ-9, median (IQR) §

12(9,1)

   

10 (8,1)

-

  
  1. §Index person; 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) t-test, Mann–Whitney U test and chi-square statistics are used for continuous and dummy variables, respectively; P < 0.05*,P < 0.01**;P < 0.001***
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International Journal of Mental Health Systems

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