Participants’ perspectives of weekly telephonic mood monitoring in South Africa: a feasibility study

Table 1 Participant demographic data and psychiatric diagnoses

Descriptive statistic	Semi-structured interviews (n = 37)		BDMM Study (total sample; N = 61)
Age	Mean (SD) = 35.76 (10.8)		Mean (SD) = 35.3 (10.2)
Age	Range = 18–53 years old		Range = 18–53 years old
Highest level of education	Mode = Grade 12		Mode = Grade 12
Highest level of education	Range = Grade 6—Honors		Range = Grade 6—MA
Length of current admission (days)	Mean(SD) = 33.1(13.6)		Mean(SD) = 35.4(14.2)
	N	%	n	%
Gender
Male	4	10.8	14	23.0
Female	33	89.2	47	77.0
Ethnicity
African/Black	0	0	2	3.3
Caucasian/White	16	43.2	27	44.3
Colored	19	51.4	31	50.8
Other	0	0	1	1.6
Marital status
Single/no relationship	15	40.5	26	42.6
Relationship	7	18.9	8	13.1
Married	11	29.7	21	34.4
Divorced	3	8.1	5	8.2
Widowed	1	2.7	1	1.6
Employment
Employed	12	32.4	19	31.1
Unemployed	25	67.6	42	68.9
Religion
Christian	29	78.4	48	81.4
Muslim	2	5.4	3	4.9
Agnostic	6	16.2	7	11.5
Atheist	0	0	1	1.6
Not disclosed	0	0	2	3.3
Known substance use
Yes, one	7	18.9	13	21.3
Yes, multiple	11	29.7	18	29.5
No	19	51.4	30	49.2
Mood and/or anxiety disorder
Bipolar disorder	13	35.1	23	37.7
Major depressive disorder	21	56.8	32	52.5
Anxiety disorder	0	0	1	1.6
Mood and anxiety disorder	1	2.7	2	3.3
Other affective disorder^a	2	5.4	3	4.9
Multiple psychiatric diagnoses
Yes	14	37.8	25	41.0
No	23	62.2	36	59.0

^aSubstance use disorder with major depressive disorder as differential diagnosis, conversion disorder with major depressive disorder as differential diagnosis, schizoaffective disorder

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