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 Peter’s Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2018.
| Variable | Frequency(N=415) | Percent (%) |
| Age | | | 15-24 | 96 | 23.1 | 25-34 | 140 | 33.74 | 35-44 | 83 | 20 | 45-54 | 61 | 14.7 | >54 | 35 | 8.4 |
| Sex | | | Male | 222 | 53.5 | Female | 193 | 46.5 |
| Religion | | | Orthodox | 162 | 39 | Muslim | 116 | 28 | Protestant | 95 | 22.9 | Catholic | 29 | 7 | Others | 13 | 3.1 |
| Marital status | | | Married | 176 | 42.4 | Single | 140 | 33.7 | Divorced | 54 | 13 | Widowed | 45 | 10.8 |
| Ethnicity | | | Amhara | 134 | 32.3 | Oromo | 117 | 28.2 | Tigre | 91 | 21.9 | Gurage | 56 | 13.5 | Others | 17 | 4.1 |
| Education status | | | Have no formal education | 79 | 19 | Primary | 118 | 28.4 | Secondary | 94 | 22.7 | Preparatory | 63 | 15.2 | College and above | 61 | 14.7 |
| Occupational status | | | Farming | 97 | 23.4 | Trading | 135 | 32.5 | Government employed | 101 | 24.34 | Private employed | 62 | 14.94 | Others | 20 | 4.82 |
| Residency | | | Urban | 328 | 79 | Rural | 87 | 21 |
| Average monthly income | | | <1539 ETB | 246 | 59.3 | ≥1539ETB | 169 | 40.7 |
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Others =Jehovah's witnesses and no religion, = Wolyita and silte =house wife and students. |