Table 2 Psychosocial and clinical characteristics of the participants among caregivers of children with malnutrition (n鈥�=鈥�409)
Variables | Categories | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
Intimate partner violence | Yes | 177 | 43.3 |
No | 232 | 56.7 | |
Physical Abuse | Yes | 150 | 36.7 |
No | 259 | 63.3 | |
Emotional Abuse | Yes | 114 | 27.9 |
No | 295 | 72.1 | |
Physical and emotional abuse | Yes | 43 | 10.5 |
No | 366 | 89.5 | |
Sexual Abuse | Yes | 76 | 18.6 |
No | 333 | 81.4 | |
Physical, Emotional and Sexual abuse | Yes | 48 | 11.7 |
No | 361 | 88.3 | |
Perceived Stigma | Yes | 188 | 46.0 |
No | 221 | 54.0 | |
Social support | Poor social support | 173 | 42.3 |
Moderate social support | 96 | 23.5 | |
Good Social Support | 140 | 34.2 | |
Satisfaction with marital relationship | No | 186 | 45.5 |
Yes | 223 | 54.5 | |
Family history of mental illness | Yes | 106 | 25.9 |
No | 303 | 74.1 | |
Prior mental illness of the mothers | Yes | 89 | 21.8 |
No | 320 | 78.2 | |
chronic medical illness (DM, HNT, HIV/AIDS) | Yes | 36 | 8.8 |
No | 373 | 9.2 |