Table 2.
Prevalence of Depression and Factors Associated with Depression
|
Panel A: Prevalence of Depression | |
|---|---|
| Variables | PHQ-8≥10 n (%) |
| Gender | |
| Male | 21 (24) |
| Female | 32 (21) |
| Age | |
| <53 | 26 (23) |
| ≥53 | 26 (20) |
| Education | |
| <High school | 5 (17) |
| High school graduate | 16 (32) |
| Some college | 9 (21) |
| College graduate | 24 (22) |
| More than college | 0 (0) |
| Marital status | |
| Married | 38 (23)* |
| Single | 5 (13) |
| Separated | 2 (15) |
| Widowed | 9 (43) |
| Employment status | |
| Full time | 11 (18) |
| Retired | 15 (21) |
| Not employed | 27 (25) |
| Primary cancer diagnosis† | |
| Breast | 14 (18) |
| Head and neck | 14 (45) |
| Lung | 6 (24) |
| Brain | 3 (27) |
| Lymphoma | 2 (17) |
| Leukemia | 2 (17) |
| Stage of disease | |
| Nonmetastatic | 31 (17)* |
| Metastatic | 22 (36) |
| ECOG performance status | |
| 0 | 11 (10)* |
| 1 | 17 (20) |
| 2 | 10 (45) |
| 3 | 9 (47) |
| 4 | 6 (86) |
PHQ-8≥10 indicates depression; *, Chi-square *p-value<0.05; †= top 6 diagnoses