Survey datasets on patterns of utilization of mental healthcare services among people living with mental illness

Tomike I. Olawande; Hilary I. Okagbue; Ayodele S. Jegede; Patrick A. Edewor; Lukman T. Fasasi

Data in Brief (Aug 2018)

Survey datasets on patterns of utilization of mental healthcare services among people living with mental illness

Tomike I. Olawande,
Hilary I. Okagbue,
Ayodele S. Jegede,
Patrick A. Edewor,
Lukman T. Fasasi

Affiliations

Tomike I. Olawande: Department of Sociology, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria
Hilary I. Okagbue: Department of Mathematics, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria; Corresponding author.
Ayodele S. Jegede: Department of Sociology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
Patrick A. Edewor: Department of Sociology, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria
Lukman T. Fasasi: Department of Sociology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 19
pp. 2095 – 2103

Abstract

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The data was obtained from a field survey aimed at measuring the patterns of utilization of mental healthcare services among people living with mental illness. The data was collected using a standardized and structured questionnaire from People Living with Mental Illness (PLMI) receiving treatment and the care-givers of People Living with Mental Illness. Three psychiatric hospitals in Ogun state, Nigeria were the population from which the samples were taken. Chi-square test of independence and correspondence analysis were used to present the data in analyzed form. Keywords: Survey, Utilization questionnaire, Survey analytics, Statistics, Mental health, Psychiatry

Published in Data in Brief

ISSN: 2352-3409 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General): Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics; Science: Science (General)
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/data-in-brief/

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