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

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2018.06.086

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

Data Brief. 2018 Jul 5:19:2095-2103. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2018.06.086. eCollection 2018 Aug.

Authors

Tomike I Olawande¹, Hilary I Okagbue², Ayodele S Jegede³, Patrick A Edewor¹, Lukman T Fasasi³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Sociology, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria.
² Department of Mathematics, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria.
³ Department of Sociology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.

Abstract

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: Mental health; Psychiatry; Statistics; Survey; Survey analytics; Utilization questionnaire.