Cigarette and waterpipe smoking among adult patients with severe and persistent mental illness in Bahrain: a comparison with the National Non-communicable Diseases Risk Factors Survey

Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of SPMI patients

	Schizophrenia (n = 99)		MDD (n = 86)		BAD (n = 37)		Total (n = 222)
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Gender*
Male	61	61.6	31	36.0	17	45.9	109	49.1
Female	38	38.4	55	64.0	20	54.1	113	50.9
Age
20–29	18	18.2	13	15.1	9	24.3	40	18.0
30–39	27	27.2	14	16.3	9	24.3	50	22.5
40–49	25	25.3	27	31.4	9	24.3	61	27.5
50–59	17	17.2	16	18.6	7	18.9	40	18.0
60–64	12	12.1	16	18.6	3	8.2	31	14.0
Education
Illiterate	9	9.1	6	7.0	2	5.4	17	7.7
Read and write	7	7.1	6	7.0	1	2.7	14	6.2
Primary	12	12.1	7	8.0	4	10.8	23	10.4
Intermediate	17	17.2	12	14.0	6	16.2	35	15.8
High school	40	40.4	35	40.7	15	40.5	90	40.5
University	14	14.1	20	23.3	9	24.4	43	19.4
Income (BD)
<150	28	28.3	13	15.1	7	18.9	48	21.6
150–500	45	45.5	50	58.1	19	51.4	114	51.4
>500	26	26.3	23	26.7	11	29.7	60	27.0
Employment**
Employed	14	14.2	22	25.6	11	29.7	47	21.2
Not employed	53	53.5	17	19.8	9	24.3	79	35.6
Housewife	18	18.1	32	37.2	8	21.6	58	26.1
Retired	14	14.2	15	17.4	9	24.3	38	17.1

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