Research Article
The Pathways to the First Contact with Mental Health Services among Patients with Schizophrenia in Lagos, Nigeria
Table 1
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the participants.
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| Age in years (mean ± SD) | 36.29 ± 11.12 | Sex | | Male | 55 (39.9) | Female | 83 (60.1) | Educational level | | Primary or Nil | 25 (18.1) | Secondary | 64 (46.4) | Tertiary | 49 (35.5) | Employment status | | Employed | 60 (43.5) | Unemployed | 78 (56.5) | PANSS score: | | Positive scale score (mean ± SD) | 24.37 ± 7.86 | Negative scale score (mean ± SD) | 14.05 ± 8.81 | General psychopathology (mean ± SD) | 30.53 ± 9.24 | DUP in weeks (mean ± SD) | 101.18 (±162.45) | DUP in weeks (median) | 38.0 |
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PANSS: positive and negative syndrome Scales; DUP: duration of untreated psychosis.
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