Characteristic | Characteristic | No. | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Psychiatric diagnosis | |||||
Age | Male | Female | n | |||
≥ 30 | 7 | 4 | 11 | Schizophrenia | 11 | 30.6 |
30–50 | 7 | 4 | 11 | Mania | 9 | 25.0 |
51–70 | 7 | 4 | 11 | Depression | 5 | 13.9 |
70 + | 2 | 1 | 3 | Organic psychosis | 3 | 8.3 |
Total | 23 | 13 | 36 | Alcohol related | 1 | 2.8 |
Length of stay in hospital before death | Drug-induced psychosis | 3 | 8.3 | |||
No. | % | Postpartum psychosis | 1 | 2.8 | ||
≤ 1 week | 24 | 66.7 | Dementia | 1 | 2.8 | |
1–4 | 7 | 19.4 | Total | 36 | 100 | |
1–6 months | 3 | 8.3 | Associated physical illness | |||
> 6 | 2 | 5.6 | Malaria or typhoid | 4 | 11.1 | |
Acutely ill no diagnosis | 8 | 22.2 | ||||
Duration of illness | No physical illness | 21 | 58.3 | |||
No. | % | No information | 3 | 8.3 | ||
≥ 6 months | 14 | 38.9 | Total | 36 | 100 | |
6–12 months | 4 | 11.1 | Source of referral | |||
1–5 years | 8 | 22.2 | Family | 28 | 77.8 | |
≥ 5 | 10 | 27.8 | Psychiatrists | 5 | 13.9 | |
Total | 36 | 100 | Others | 3 | 8.3 |