Table 5.
Association between demographic characteristics with the presence of residual symptoms, doctor-patient relationship and medication adherence
| Demographic Data | Total | Residual symptoms | x2-test P value | Doctor-patient relationship | x2-test P value | Medication adherence | Fisher's exact test P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHQ < 9 | PHQ ≥ 9 | Poor-moderate | Good | Good | Poor | |||||
| N = 264 | N = 120 | N = 144 | N = 47 | N = 217 | N = 256 | N = 3 | ||||
| Gender | 0.168 | 0.890 | 0.520 | |||||||
| Male | 57 (21.6) | 31 (25.8) | 26 (18.1) | 11 (23.4) | 46 (21.2) | 55 (21.5) | 1 (33.3) | |||
| Female | 207 (78.4) | 89 (74.2) | 118 (81.9) | 36 (76.6) | 171 (78.8) | 201 (78.5) | 2 (66.7) | |||
| Marital Status | < 0.001 | 0.223 | 0.272 | |||||||
| Single/Divorce | 156 (59.1) | 55 (45.8) | 101 (70.1) | 32 (68.1) | 124 (57.1) | 150 (58.6) | 3 (100) | |||
| Married | 108 (40.9) | 65 (54.2) | 43 (29.9) | 15 (31.9) | 93 (42.9) | 106 (41.4) | 0 (0.0) | |||
| Religion | 0.212 | 0.956 | 0.453 | |||||||
| Buddhism | 217 (82.2) | 103 (85.8) | 114 (79.2) | 38 (80.9) | 179 (82.5) | 210 (82.0) | 2 (66.7) | |||
| Islam/Christianity/Other | 47 (17.8) | 17 (14.2) | 30 (20.8) | 9 (19.1) | 38 (17.5) | 46 (18.0) | 1 (33.3) | |||
| Education level | 0.024 | 0.266 | 0.761 | |||||||
| Primary school or below | 32 (12.1) | 18 (15.0) | 14 (9.7) | 2 (4.3) | 30 (13.8) | 32 (12.5) | 0 (0.0) | |||
| Secondary school | 45 (17.0) | 26 (21.7) | 19 (13.2) | 7 (14.9) | 38 (17.5) | 43 (16.8) | 1 (33.3) | |||
| Diploma | 22 (8.3) | 13 (10.8) | 9 (6.2) | 4 (8.5) | 18 (8.3) | 22 (8.6) | 0 (0.0) | |||
| Bachelor’s degree or above | 165 (62.5) | 63 (52.5) | 102 (70.8) | 34 (72.3) | 131 (60.4) | 159 (62.1) | 2 (66.7) | |||
| Occupation | < 0.001 | 0.235 | 0.371 | |||||||
| Government officer/ state enterprise employee / company employee | 82 (31.1) | 44 (36.7) | 38 (26.4) | 18 (38.3) | 64 (29.5) | 79 (30.9) | 1 (33.3) | |||
| Self-employed / merchant/ personal business/ agriculture | 67 (25.4) | 35 (29.2) | 32 (22.2) | 11 (23.4) | 56 (25.8) | 66 (25.8) | 0 (0.0) | |||
| Student | 61 (23.1) | 9 (7.5) | 52 (36.1) | 13 (27.7) | 48 (22.1) | 57 (22.3) | 2 (66.7) | |||
| Unemployed | 54 (20.5) | 32 (26.7) | 22 (15.3) | 5 (10.6) | 49 (22.6) | 54 (21.1) | 0 (0.0) | |||
| Perceived relationship of family | 0.004 | 0.057 | 0.691 | |||||||
| Good | 157 (59.5) | 82 (68.3) | 75 (52.1) | 21 (44.7) | 136 (62.7) | 149 (58.2) | 3 (100) | |||
| Poor | 30 (11.4) | 6 (5.0) | 24 (16.7) | 6 (12.8) | 24 (11.1) | 30 (11.7) | 0 (0.0) | |||
| Neutral/Other | 77 (29.2) | 32 (26.7) | 45 (31.2) | 20 (42.6) | 57 (26.3) | 77 (30.1) | 0 (0.0) | |||
| Having physical illness | 0.002 | 0.056 | 0.248 | |||||||
| No | 138 (52.3) | 50 (41.7) | 88 (61.1) | 31 (66.0) | 107 (49.3) | 132 (51.6) | 3 (100) | |||
| Yes | 126 (47.7) | 70 (58.3) | 56 (38.9) | 16 (34.0) | 110 (50.7) | 124 (48.4) | 0 (0.0) | |||
| Number of depressive episode | 0.426 | 1 | 0.355 | |||||||
| One | 227 (86.0) | 100 (84.0) | 127 (88.2) | 40 (87.0) | 187 (86.2) | 221 (86.7) | 2 (66.7) | |||
| Two or more | 36 (13.6) | 19 (16.0) | 17 (11.8) | 6 (13.0) | 30 (13.8) | 34 (13.3) | 1 (33.3) | |||
| History of psychiatric hospitalization | 0.942 | 0.182 | 0.468 | |||||||
| No | 215 (81.4) | 97 (80.8) | 118 (81.9) | 42 (89.4) | 173 (79.7) | 208 (81.2) | 2 (66.7) | |||
| Yes | 49 (18.6) | 23 (19.2) | 26 (18.1) | 5 (10.6) | 44 (20.3) | 48 (18.8) | 1 (33.3) | |||