Research Article

Self-Reported Adverse Drug Reactions, Medication Adherence, and Clinical Outcomes among Major Depressive Disorder Patients in Ethiopia: A Prospective Hospital Based Study

Table 1

Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the respondents.

Variables Frequency (%)

Age (mean ± SD)
Male122 (56.2%)
Duration of the disease  yrs
Urban 125 (57.6%)
Education, college and university 91 (41.9%)
Occupation, labor 75 (34.6)
Distance (mean ± SD) hr
Comorbidity 13 (6.0%)
Comorbid psychiatric features (n = 125)
Depression with psychotic feature40 (18.4%)
Depression with GAD36 (16.61%)
Depression with otherwise not specified characteristics17 (7.8%)
Depression with manic episode32 (14.7%)

CPZ: chlorpromazine, generalized anxiety disorder.