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Table 2 Main symptom categories observed in the study population

From: Severity, symptomatology, and treatment duration for mental health disorders: a retrospective analysis from a conflict-affected region of northern Nigeria

Symptom category

Male

(n = 2580)

Female

(n = 9100)

p Value

Children ≤ 15 years

(n = 1359)

Adults

(n = 10,322)

p Value

Total

(n = 11,681)

Depression

693 (26.9%)

3610 (39.7%)

 < 0.001

333 (24.5%)

3970 (38.5%)

 < 0.001

4303 (36.8%)

Anxiety

846 (32.8%)

3085 (33.9%)

 < 0.001

469 (34.5%)

3462 (33.5%)

 < 0.001

3931 (33.7%)

Posttraumatic

414 (4.4%)

1452 (16%)

0.001

271 (19.9%)

1596 (15.5%)

 < 0.001

1867 (16%)

Somatoform

258 (10%)

512 (5.6%)

0.001

107 (7.9%)

663 (6.4%)

0.001

770 (6.6%)

Others

162 (6.3%)

183 (2%)

0.003

98 (7.2%)

247 (2.4%)

0.001

345 (3%)

Psychotic

114 (4.4%)

209 (2.3%)

0.003

43 (3.2%)

280 (2.7%)

0.001

323 (2.8%)

Behavioral

73 (2.8%)

34 (0.4%)

0.004

27 (2%)

80 (0.8%)

0.001

107 (0.9%)

Cognitive

20 (0.8%)

15 (0.2%)

0.015

11 (0.8%)

24 (0.2%)

0.001

35 (0.3%)

  1. Information missing for 28 patients. p Values are obtained from chi-squared test