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. 2023 Dec 5;23:908. doi: 10.1186/s12888-023-05412-5

Table 2.

Characteristics of older adults according to the presence of anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation. Peru, 2020

Anxiety Depression Suicidal ideation
No Presence Presence p-value No Presence Presence p-value Without SI With SI p-value
n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%)
Total 163 86 161 88 221 16
Age (Median, IQR) 72 (8.0) 71 (9.0) 0.091 71.5 (8.0) 71 (9.0) 0.541 72 (8.0) 71 (9.0) 0.901
Categorized age
 60–69 years 44 (27.2) 32 (37.6) 0.192 45 (28.1) 31 (35.6) 0.402 66 (29.9) 5 (33.3) 0.952
 70–79 years 90 (55.6) 43 (50.6) 91 (56.9) 42 (48.3) 121 (54.8) 8 (53.3)
 ≥80 years 28 (17.3) 10 (11.8) 24 (15.0) 14 (16.1) 34 (15.4) 2 (13.3)
Sex
 Female 106 (65.0) 69 (80.2) 0.012 109 (67.7) 66 (75.0) 0.232 154 (69.7) 13 (81.2) 0.322
 Male 57 (35.0) 17 (19.8) 52 (32.3) 22 (25.0) 67 (30.3) 3 (18.8)
Cohabitation
 Live alone 3 (1.8) 3 (3.5) 0.573 3 (1.9) 3 (3.4) 0.643 6 (2.7) 0 (0.0) 0.423
 Live with one person 33 (20.2) 20 (23.5%) 33 (20.5) 20 (23.0) 45 (20.4) 5 (33.3)
 Live with two or more people 127 (77.9) 62 (72.9) 125 (77.6) 64 (73.6) 170 (76.9) 10 (66.7)
Region where patient is attended
 Lima 34 (21.4) 20 (24.4) 0.602 33 (21.0) 21 (25.0) 0.492 46 (21.4) 4 (28.6) 0.552
 Other regions 125 (78.6) 62 (75.6) 124 (79.0) 63 (75.0) 169 (78.6) 10 (71.4)
Complicated grief (CG)
 With CG 13 (8.0) 22 (25.6) < 0.0012 11 (6.8) 24 (27.3) < 0.0012 24 (10.9) 7 (43.8) < 0.0012
 Without CG 150 (92.0) 64 (74.4) 150 (93.2) 64 (72.7) 197 (89.1) 9 (56.2)

IQR: interquartile range

1Mann Whitney U test

2Fisher’s exact test

3Chi-square test