Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients referred by different sources to the psychiatric wards of Zare Hospital, Sari, Iran
Parameters | Frequency (percent) | Self-refer | Referred by the police | Referred by legal authorities | Referred by friends and family | Others | Chi-square (except age row) | df (except age row) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | 38/25 (11/88)a | 33/89 (13/06) | 38/37 (11/88) | 38/64 (10/39) | 38/19 (12/11) | 48/91 (10/94) | F test: 1.51 | R square: 0.005 | 0.3 |
Gender | |||||||||
Male | 837 (74/1) | 7 | 14 | 131 | 681 | 4 | 24.79 | 4 | <0.0001 |
Female | 293 (25/9) | 3 | 5 | 13 | 271 | 1 | |||
Marital status | |||||||||
Single | 507 (44/8) | 5 | 10 | 68 | 422 | 2 | 3.79 | 12 | 0.98 |
Married | 389 (34/5) | 3 | 4 | 50 | 330 | 2 | |||
Divorced | 217 (19/2) | 2 | 5 | 25 | 184 | 1 | |||
Widow | 17 (1/5) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | |||
Education | |||||||||
Illiterate | 56 (5) | 1 | 1 | 6 | 47 | 1 | |||
Elementary | 283 (25) | 3 | 8 | 29 | 242 | 1 | |||
Primary high school | 337 (29/8) | 0 | 6 | 44 | 286 | 1 | 17.17 | 16 | 0.37 |
High school diploma and associate degree | 369 (32/6) | 4 | 4 | 51 | 309 | 1 | |||
BSC and upper | 85 (7/5) | 2 | 0 | 14 | 68 | 1 | |||
Occupational status | |||||||||
Employed | 201 (17/8) | 1 | 2 | 32 | 165 | 1 | |||
Unemployed | 614 (54/3) | 7 | 17 | 110 | 469 | 4 | 22.9 | 16 | 0.11 |
Home maker | 251 (22/2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 258 | 0 | |||
Student | 29 (2/6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |||
Retired | 34 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | |||
Soldier | 1 (0/1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Living location | |||||||||
Urban | 761 (67/3) | 9 | 16 | 92 | 639 | 5 | 8.35 | 4 | 0.07 |
Rural | 369 (32/6) | 1 | 3 | 52 | 313 | 0 | |||
Past psychiatry history | |||||||||
Yes | 839 (74/2) | 7 | 12 | 95 | 723 | 2 | 10.98 | 4 | 0.02 |
No | 291 (25/8) | 3 | 7 | 49 | 229 | 3 | |||
Ideas about killing | |||||||||
Suicidal idea | 278 (24/6) | 5 | 2 | 23 | 246 | 1 | 10.11 | 4 | 0.01 |
Homicidal idea | 273 (24/2) | 1 | 5 | 34 | 228 | 1 | 1.17 | 4 | 0.88 |
Total | 10 (0.9) | 19 (1.7) | 144 (12.7) | 952 (84.2) | 5 (0.5) |