Research Article

Suicidal Ideation, Attempt, and Associated Factors among Patients with Tuberculosis in Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of TB patients attending outpatient treatment at Saint Peters Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2018.

Variable Frequency(N=415)Percent (%)

Age
 15-249623.1
 25-3414033.74
 35-448320
 45-546114.7
 >54358.4

Sex
 Male22253.5
 Female19346.5

Religion
 Orthodox16239
 Muslim11628
 Protestant9522.9
 Catholic297
 Others133.1

Marital status
 Married17642.4
 Single14033.7
 Divorced5413
 Widowed4510.8

Ethnicity
 Amhara13432.3
 Oromo11728.2
 Tigre9121.9
 Gurage5613.5
 Others174.1

Education status
 Have no formal education7919
 Primary11828.4
 Secondary9422.7
 Preparatory6315.2
 College and above6114.7

Occupational status
 Farming9723.4
 Trading13532.5
 Government employed10124.34
 Private employed6214.94
 Others204.82

Residency
 Urban32879
 Rural8721

Average monthly income
 <1539 ETB24659.3
 ≥1539ETB16940.7

Others =Jehovah's witnesses and no religion, = Wolyita and silte =house wife and students.