Quality of life and its association with current substance use, medication non-adherence and clinical factors of people with schizophrenia in Southwest Ethiopia: a hospital-based cross-sectional study

Table 1 Socio-demographic, medication non-adherence, clinical factors and current substance use data of people with schizophrenia (n = 351)

Variables	Variable categories	Frequency(n)	Percentage(%)
Sex	Male	242	68.9
Sex	Female	109	31.1
Marital status	Never married/single	120	34.2
	Married	193	55.0
	Divorced	30	8.5
	Widowed	8	2.3
Religion	Muslim	228	65.0
	Orthodox Christian	66	18.8
	Protestant Christian	57	16.2
Ethnicity	Oromo	236	67.2
	Amhara	38	10.8
	Yem	6	1.7
	Dawuro	13	3.7
	Kaffa	30	8.5
	Other^a	28	8.0
Occupational status	Government worker	79	22.5
	Farmer	84	23.9
	Merchant	35	10.0
	Housewife	45	12.8
	Daily labor	45	12.8
	Students	63	17.9
Educational status	No formal education	95	27.1
	Primary school	99	28.2
	Secondary school	77	21.9
	Above secondary	80	22.8
Residence	Urban	203	57.8
Residence	Rural	148	42.2
Age	<= 33	179	51.0
Age	> 33	172	49.0
Current tobacco use	No	199	56.7
Current tobacco use	Yes	152	43.3
Current alcohol use	No	254	72.4
Current alcohol use	Yes	97	27.6
Current chewing khat	No	103	29.3
Current chewing khat	Yes	248	70.7
Medication adherence status	Adherent	240	68.4
Medication adherence status	Non-adherent	111	31.65
Have admission history	No	201	57.3
Have admission history	Yes	150	42.7
Have a comorbid physical illness	No	331	94.3
Have a comorbid physical illness	Yes	20	5.7
Illness duration	< 5 year	141	40.2
	5–9 year	158	45.0
	≥ 10 year	52	14.8
Treatment duration	3- < 6 months	25	7.1
	6 month- 5 year	154	43.9
	≥ 5 year	172	49.0

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