Attitude towards Antipsychotic Medications in Patients Diagnosed with Schizophrenia: A Cross-Sectional Study at Amanuel Mental Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Table 2
Clinical characteristics of patients with schizophrenia on follow-up at AMSH, 2018 (n=393).
Variables
Categories
Frequency
Percent (%)
Duration of illness
1-5 years
109
27.7
6-10 years
146
37.1
>10 years
138
35.2
Psychiatric hospital admission
No admission
196
49.9
1-5 times
162
41.2
≥6 times
35
8.9
Co-morbid chronic medical/ mental disorder
Yes
28
7.1
No
365
92.9
Ranges
Mean
SD
Age of onset of the illness in years
12-52
26.77
7.23
PANSS total score
30-142
73.65
30.48
PANSS positive subscale score
7-44
17.51
9.38
PANSS negative subscale score
7-45
19.23
8.890
PANSS general psychopathology Score
16-87
37.18
15.80
Birchwood’s insight scale score
0-16
8.9
3.80
Relabeling experiences
0-4
2.09
1.17
Awareness of illness
0-4
1.74
1.14
Awareness of need of Rx
0-8
5.08
2.16
Diabetes, hypertension, HIV/ AIDS, depression, substance related disorders; Rx= treatment.
