Nutritional Status and Associated Factors among Adult Psychiatric Patients in Dessie Referral Hospital, Northeast Ethiopia

Table 1

Sociodemographic and economic characteristics of psychiatric patients in Dessie referral hospital, northeast Ethiopia, June 2018 ().

Variables	Description	Frequency ()	Percent (%)
Sex	Male	266	50.2
	Female	264	49.8
Age in years	18-24	237	44.7
	25-35	195	36.8
	≥36	98	18.5
Marital status	Married	285	53.8
	Single	191	36.0
	Others	54	10.2
Religion	Muslim	290	54.7
	Orthodox	196	37.0
	Protestant	44	8.3
Residence	Urban	278	52.5
	Rural	252	47.5
Educational status	Unable to read and write	152	28.7
	Able to read and write	135	25.5
	Elementary school (grade 1-8)	128	24.1
	High school (grade 9-12)	71	13.4
	College and above	44	8.3
Occupational status	Farmer	197	37.2
	Private employee	88	16.6
	No job	74	14.0
	Merchant	51	9.6
	Gov’t employee	42	7.9
	Daily laborer	41	7.7
	Others	37	7.0
Ethnicity	Amhara	439	82.8
	Afar	49	9.3
	Oromo	33	6.2
	Tigre	9	1.7
Living condition	With family	439	82.8
	Alone	91	17.2
Family size	≥5	306	57.7
	<5	224	42.3
Monthly income in Ethiopian birr (ETB)	< 1858.40	281	53.0
	≥1858.40	249	47.0

Others: divorced, widowed; others: housewife, students; the minimum monthly income in Ethiopia (for civil servants) was 650 ETB.