Urgent and Nonurgent Presentations to a Psychiatric Emergency Service in Nigeria: Pattern and Correlates

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of the participants (𝑁=700).

Variable	𝑛	%
Age in years (mean ± SD)	36.8 (±10.9)
Sex
Male	286	40.86
Female	414	59.14
Marital status
Married	242	34.57
Not married	458	65.43
Employment status
Employed	278	39.71
Unemployed	422	60.29
Mode of presentation
Alone	103	14.71
With relative, no restraint	479	68.43
With relative, in restraint	74	10.57
By police/ambulance	44	6.29