Suicide Behavior and Its Predictors in Patients with Schizophrenia in Ethiopia

Table 2

Clinical characteristics of patients with schizophrenia at AMSH, Addis Ababa, 2019 .

Variable	Categories	Frequency	Percentage
Duration of illness	≤3 years	74	24.7
	3-5 years	50	16.7
	>5 years	176	58.6
Family history of mental illness	Yes	76	25.3
	No	224	74.7
Family history of suicide	Yes	67	22.3
	No	233	77.7
Episodes of illness	Continuous	74	24.7
	Single episode	82	27.3
	2-4 episodes	87	29
	5 and above	57	19
Any substance use in the past 12 months	Yes	84	28.0
	No	216	72.0
Medication adherence	Adhered	232	77.3
	Nonadhered	68	22.7
Social support	Poor	188	62.6
	Moderate	101	33.7
	Strong	11	3.7
Positive symptoms of schizophrenia
Delusional symptoms	Yes	90	30
	No	210	70
Hallucinatory symptoms	Yes	99	33
	No	201	67
Disorganized speech or behavior	Yes	26	8.7
	No	273	91
Negative symptoms of schizophrenia
Anhedonia	Yes	102	34
	No	197	65.7
Asocial	Yes	84	28
	No	216	72
Loose of personal motivation	Yes	67	22.3
	No	232	77.3
Loose of verbal expression	Yes	35	11.7
	No	264	88
Depression	Yes	92	30.7
	No	208	69.3