Variables | Responses | Frequency (n) | Percentage (%) |
Age (years) | 18 - 34 | 118 | 40.7 |
| 35 - 64 | 125 | 43.1 |
| 65 - 100 | 47 | 16.2 |
Mean ± SD (46.22 ± 17.24) | |||
Gender | Male | 126 | 43.4 |
| Female | 164 | 56.6 |
Ethnicity | Berom | 60 | 20.7 |
| Hausa/Fulani | 35 | 12.1 |
| *Others | 195 | 67.2 |
Religion | Christianity | 244 | 84.1 |
| Islam | 46 | 15.9 |
Educational status | No formal education | 22 | 7.6 |
| Primary education | 94 | 32.4 |
| Secondary education | 92 | 31.7 |
| Tertiary education | 82 | 28.3 |
Occupational status | Professionals (1 - 11) | 70 | 24.1 |
| Nonprofessionals (111 - V) | 123 | 42.4 |
| Unemployed (V1) | 97 | 33.5 |
Estimated monthly income | <20,000.00 | 150 | 51.7 |
| 20,000.00 - 49,000.00 | 119 | 41.0 |
| ≥50,000.00 | 21 | 7.3 |
Marital status | Never married | 71 | 24.5 |
| Married | 165 | 56.9 |
| Previously married | 7 | 2.4 |
| Widowed | 47 | 16.2 |
Mental illness history (Past) | Yes | 14 | 4.8 |
| No | 276 | 95.2 |
Prior cognitive decline | Yes | 34 | 11.7 |
| No | 256 | 88.3 |
Preexisting physical impairment | Yes | 24 | 8.3 |
| No | 266 | 91.7 |
Illness duration before presentation | <2 weeks | 183 | 63.1 |
| 2 - 4 weeks | 72 | 24.8 |
| >4 weeks | 35 | 12.1 |
Current Medication | Regular antibiotics | 89 | 30.7 |
| Antikock’s | 54 | 18.6 |
| Oral hyoglyceamic/insulin | 27 | 9.3 |
| Antihypertensive | 31 | 10.7 |
| Others | 89 | 30.7 |