The Pathways to the First Contact with Mental Health Services among Patients with Schizophrenia in Lagos, Nigeria
Table 3
Association between pathways to care and patients’ characteristics.
Variables
Physician (orthodox)
Nonphysician (nonorthodox)
Statistics
n (%)
n (%)
Gender
Male
16 (37.2)
39 (41.1)
0.669
Female
27 (62.8)
56 (58.9)
Employment status
Employed
23 (53.5)
37 (38.9)
0.111
Unemployed
20 (46.5)
58 (61.1)
Educational level
Tertiary
15 (34.9)
34 (35.8)
0.918
Secondary or less
28 (65.1)
61 (64.2)
DUP*
Short (≤38 weeks)
37 (86.0)
32 (33.7)
<0.001
Long (>38 weeks)
6 (14.0)
63 (66.3)
Age in years (mean ± SD)
35.47 (±10.2)
37.24 (±11.5)
0.387
Number of contacts+ (mean ± SD)
0.98 (±1.5)
5.74 (± 3.9)
<0.001
PANSS
Positive symptom (mean ± SD)
25.93 (±6.9)
23.67 (±8.2)
0.127
Negative symptom (mean ± SD)
13.37 (±7.7)
14.37 (±9.3)
0.548
General psychopathology (mean ± SD)
31.66 (±8.8)
30.02 (±9.4)
0.368
Duration of untreated psychosis was dichotomised at median split; number of contacts in the pathway to care before presenting to our facility. The bold values are the significant P values ().
