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 |
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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.