Table 2. Association between demographic variables and presence of PTSD and depression in recovered COVID-19 patients.
Demographic variables | PTSD* | Depression† | ||||||||||
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Present | Absent | Present | Absent | |||||||||
n | % | n | % | χ2 | p-value‡ | n | % | n | % | χ2 | p-value‡ | |
Age (years) | ||||||||||||
18-30 | 8 | 6.7 | 111 | 93.3 | 30.846 | < 0.001 | 3 | 2.5 | 116 | 97.5 | 30.107 | < 0.001 |
31-40 | 25 | 16.9 | 123 | 83.1 | 11 | 7.4 | 137 | 92.6 | ||||
41-50 | 13 | 15.5 | 71 | 84.5 | 10 | 11.9 | 74 | 88.1 | ||||
51-60 | 14 | 17.3 | 67 | 82.7 | 12 | 14.8 | 69 | 85.2 | ||||
Over 60 | 27 | 38.0 | 44 | 62.0 | 19 | 26.8 | 52 | 73.2 | ||||
Gender | ||||||||||||
Male | 41 | 16.1 | 213 | 83.9 | 0.478 | 0.489 | 29 | 11.4 | 225 | 88.6 | 0.123 | 0.726 |
Female | 46 | 18.5 | 203 | 81.5 | 26 | 10.4 | 223 | 89.6 | ||||
Area | ||||||||||||
Rural | 46 | 15.9 | 244 | 84.1 | 5.687 | 0.058 | 25 | 8.6 | 265 | 91.4 | 12.377 | 0.002 |
Urban | 34 | 23.0 | 114 | 77.0 | 27 | 18.2 | 121 | 81.8 | ||||
Semi-urban | 7 | 10.8 | 58 | 89.2 | 3 | 4.6 | 62 | 95.4 | ||||
Marital status | ||||||||||||
Married | 83 | 20.1 | 329 | 79.9 | 12.926 | < 0.001 | 55 | 13.3 | 357 | 86.7 | 13.639 | < 0.001 |
Unmarried | 4 | 4.4 | 87 | 95.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 91 | 100.0 | ||||
Education | ||||||||||||
Postgraduate or higher | 13 | 37.1 | 22 | 62.9 | 10.816 | 0.013 | 9 | 25.7 | 26 | 74.3 | 13.270 | 0.004 |
Graduate | 29 | 14.5 | 171 | 85.5 | 15 | 7.5 | 185 | 92.5 | ||||
Up to higher secondary | 30 | 16.5 | 152 | 83.5 | 17 | 9.3 | 165 | 90.7 | ||||
Up to primary | 15 | 17.4 | 71 | 82.6 | 14 | 16.3 | 72 | 83.7 | ||||
Occupation | ||||||||||||
Business/self employed | 24 | 17.9 | 110 | 82.1 | 4.689 | 0.196 | 15 | 11.2 | 119 | 88.8 | 7.6281 | 0.054 |
Government/private job | 25 | 16.4 | 127 | 83.6 | 16 | 10.5 | 136 | 89.5 | ||||
Housewife | 31 | 21.4 | 114 | 78.6 | 22 | 15.2 | 123 | 84.8 | ||||
Unemployed | 7 | 9.7 | 65 | 90.3 | 2 | 2.8 | 70 | 97.2 | ||||
Pre-existing medical condition | ||||||||||||
NCD | 36 | 4.6 | 74 | 9.5 | 27.308 | < 0.001 | 26 | 3.3 | 84 | 10.7 | 25.970 | < 0.001 |
No NCD | 43 | 11.9 | 319 | 88.1 | 24 | 6.6 | 338 | 93.4 | ||||
Pregnancy | 8 | 25.8 | 23 | 74.2 | 5 | 16.1 | 26 | 83.9 |
% = percentage; COVID-19 = coronavirus disease 2019; n = number; NCD = non-communicable disease; PTSD = posttraumatic stress disorder.
χ2 = chi square test.
* PTSD based on National Stressful Events Survey PTSD Short Scale (NSESSS); † Depression based on Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9); ‡ p < 0.05.