Catatonia in an acute adult inpatient population in mental health units in Khartoum, Sudan: A cross-sectional study

Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of patients according to frequency and proportion in Khartoum, Sudan, 2022

Variable		Frequency	Proportion
Gender	Male	198	51.6%
	Female	186	48.4%
Education level	No formal education	78	20.3%
	Primary	146	38.0%
	Secondary	108	28.1%
	University and above	52	13.5%
Marital status	Single	156	40.6%
	Married	181	47.1%
	Divorced	32	8.3%
	Widowed	15	3.9%
Job	Student	48	12.5%
	Employee	55	14.3%
	Laborer	105	27.3%
	Not working	176	45.8%

Table 2 Comparing the sociodemographic characteristics of patients with and without catatonic syndrome in Khartoum, Sudan, 2022, n (%)

Variable		Patients with catatonic syndrome (n = 163)	Patients without catatonic syndrome (n = 221)	P value
Sex	Male	76 (46.6)	122 (55.2)	0.999
	Female	87 (53.4)	99 (44.4)
Education level	No formal education	41 (25.2)	37 (16.7)	0.099
	Primary	63 (38.7)	83 (37.6)
	Secondary	37 (22.7)	71 (32.1)
	University	22 (13.5)	30 (13.6)
Marital status	Single	74 (45.4)	82 (37.1)	0.068
	Married	74 (45.4)	107 (48.4)
	Divorced	7 (4.3)	25 (11.3)
	Widowed	8 (4.9)	7 (3.2)
Job	Student	27 (16.6)	21 (9.5)	0.076
	Employee	20 (12.3)	35 (15.8)
	Laborer	36 (22.1)	69 (31.2)
	Not working	80 (49.1)	96 (43.4)

Table 3 The prevalence of catatonic syndrome in different countries

Ref.	Country	Prevalence of catatonic syndrome using the Bush–Francis Catatonia Rating Scale	Prevalence of catatonic syndrome using manual of mental disorders, fifth edition
This study	Sudan	42.4%	27.1%
[23]	Spain	39.6%	-
[19]	South Africa	18.3%	6.6%
[13]	India	16.3%	5.3%
[16]	Poland	8.5%	5.0%
[16]	Hungary	8.5%	5.0%
[14]	Belgium	50.8%	16.9%