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Table 1 Comparison of the number in each diagnosis category with different demographic characteristics and year—relationships between the number with each diagnosis and selected independent variables (number in each group: age, sex, residence within Freetown vs the rest, residence within districts with high Ebola endemicity vs the rest, and year of first presentation 2015 vs 2016) using bivariate negative binomial regressions *p < 0.05

From: The burden of mental disorder in Sierra Leone: a retrospective observational evaluation of programmatic data from the roll out of decentralised nurse-led mental health units

 

Epilepsy/seizures

Alcohol and other substance use disorder

Intellectual disability

Psychotic disorder (including mania)

Moderate-severe emotional disorder/depression

Other psychological complaint

Medically unexplained somatic complaints

Incidence rate ratio

p-value

Incidence rate ratio

p-value

Incidence rate ratio

p-value

Incidence rate ratio

p-value

Incidence rate ratio

p-value

Incidence rate ratio

p-value

Incidence rate ratio

p-value

Age groups

 0–14

1.17*

0.00016

0.88*

0.0091

1.13*

0.0081

0.94

0.066

0.91*

0.014

0.91*

0.042

0.85*

0.039

 15–17

0.93

0.14

1.11

0.066

1.08

0.16

1.02

0.60

1.03

0.54

1.06

0.38

1.05

0.60

 18–24

1.04

0.21

1.00

0.98

1.14*

0.0038

0.98

0.38

1.05

0.097

1.00

0.93

1.08

0.17

 25–34

0.95*

0.042

1.03

0.28

0.88*

 < 0·0001

1.04*

0.049

1.00

0.86

1.01

0.72

1.02

0.68

 35–44

1.02

0.57

0.98

0.54

0.89*

0.0044

1.02

0.36

1.03

0.37

1.10

0.088

0.98

0.78

 45–54

1.00

0.94

0.98

0.81

0.93

0.27

1.04

0.37

1.04

0.44

1.05

0.56

1.05

0.61

 55–64

0.87

0.099

0.92

0.27

0.87

0.11

0.96

0.46

1.17*

0.020

1.01

0.95

1.36*

0.0059

 65–74

1.10

0.36

0.91

0.32

1.09

0.39

0.88

0.067

1.11

0.20

0.95

0.73

0.93

0.59

 75+

0.93

0.65

1.09

0.67

0.91

0.69

1.39*

0.037

0.92

0.62

1.05

0.84

0.79

0.36

 Unknown

1.25

0.10

0.72

0.069

0.92

0.62

0.80

0.099

0.75*

0.046

1.00

0.99

1.41

0.20

 Constant

0.16*

0

0.12*

0

0.03*

0

0.20*

0

0.03*

0

0.07*

0

0.02*

0

 N

238

 

239

 

237

 

239

 

233

 

239

 

239

 

Sex

 Number of males

1.04

0.11

1.05*

0.022

0.99

0.67

1.06*

0.0026

1.03*

0.011

0.99

0.29

0.98

0.31

 Number of females

1.00

0.84

0.93*

 < 0·0001

1.02

0.64

0.95*

0.00017

1.01

0.54

1.03

0.070

1.03

0.13

 Constant

0.11*

0

0.12*

0

0.06*

0

0.21*

0

0.03*

0

0.08*

0

0.03*

0

 N

215

 

216

 

214

 

216

 

212

 

216

 

216

 

Freetown vs the rest

 Freetown (ref: the rest)

0.03*

0

0.23*

 < 0.0001

0.31*

0.0085

0.29*

 < 0.0001

0.72

0.33

0.85

0.71

0.26*

0.013

 Constant

0.31*

0

0.11*

0

0.05*

0

0.22*

0

0.06*

0

0.09*

0

0.04*

0

 N

245

 

246

 

244

 

246

 

240

 

246

 

246

 

Ebola—districts with high endemicity vs the rest

 High Ebola endemicity districts (ref: the rest)

0.68

0.071

0.91

0.72

0.33*

0.00019

0.67*

0.031

1.01

0.95

2.42*

0.00045

2.65*

0.0047

 Constant

0.32*

0

0.10*

0

0.07*

0

0.24*

0

0.05*

0

0.05*

0

0.02*

0

 N

245

 

246

 

244

 

246

 

240

 

246

 

246

 

2015 vs 2016

 2015 (ref: 2016)

0.72

0.23

1.45

0.23

1.03

0.93

0.96

0.87

2.74*

 < 0.0001

1.78

0.069

3.77*

0.00018

 Constant

0.35*

 < 0.0001

0.06*

0

0.06*

0

0.19*

0

0.02*

0

0.05*

0

0.01*

0

 N

175

 

175

 

173

 

175

 

175

 

175

 

175

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