Table 5: Association between selected variables and clinic attendance among mental health patients.

Variables Number of Clinic Attendance during last 12 months

Chi-square value,

P value

Up to 8 9 to 12
Current alcohol usage Yes 36 (20.9%) 136 (79.1%)

0.065,

P = 0.80

No 51 (22.0%) 181 (88.0%)
Current tobacco usage Yes 18 (29%) 44 (71%)

2.44,

p = 0.12

No 69 (20.2%) 273 (79.8%)
Current Illicit narcotic usage Yes 5 (45.5%) 6 (54.5%)

3.83

P = 0.05

No 82 (20.9%) 311 (79.1%)
Current alcohol consumption of Caregiver/family members Yes 39 (19.8%) 158 (80.2%)

0.69,

p = 0.41

No 48 (23.2%) 159 (76.8%)
Current Tobacco usage of care giver/family members Yes 25 (25.3%) 74 (74.5%)

1.07

P = 0.33

No 62 (20.3%) 243 (79.7%)
Current Illicit narcotic usage of care giver/family members** Yes 03 (50.0%) 03 (50.0%)

1.46

p = 0.23

No 84 (21.1%) 314 (78.9%)
Distance from residence to the clinic Up to 5 km 46 (19.1%) 195 (80.9%)

2.12,

P = 0.15

Above 5 km 41 (25.2%) 122 (74.8%)
Age (Years) Up to 57 57 (20.2%) 225 (79.8%)

0.96,

P = 0.33

Above 57 30 (24.6%) 92 (75.4%)
Education Level Up to year 5 24 (21.6%) 87 (78.4%)

0.0007,

P = 0.98

Above Year 5 63 (21.5%) 230 (78.5%)
Monthly income (Rupees) Up to 5000 56 (25.1%) 167 (74.9%)

3.77,

p = 0.052

More than 5000 31 (17.1%) 150 (82.9%)
Ethnicity Sinhala 166 (42.9%) 221 (57.1%)

0.38

p = 0.53

Others* 6 (35.3%) 11 (64.7%)
Live with Spouse 37 (20.1%) 147 (79.9%)

0.40,

P = 0.52

without spouse 50 (22.7%) 170 (77.3%)
Sex Male 88 (55%) 72 (45%)

16.7

P < 0.001

Female 84 (34.4%) 160 (65.6%)

*: Tamils and Muslims, **: Fisher's Exact Test.