Table 3.
Association of depression and its severity with socio-demographic variables of patients with PTB in the Southwest Region of Cameroon, 2015
| Variable | Severity of depression, N (%) | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | Mild | Moderate | ||
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 69 (53.5) | 39 (30.2) | 21 (16.3) | <0.001 |
| Female | 34 (25.0) | 58 (42.8) | 44 (32.4) | |
| Age | ||||
| 21–30 | 29 (10.9) | 20 (7.5 %) | 18 (6.8) | <0.001 |
| 31–40 | 38 (14.3) | 44 (16.6) | 20 (7.5) | |
| 41–50 | 22 (8.3) | 14 (5.3) | 26 (9.8) | |
| > 51 | 14 (5.3) | 19 (7.2) | 1 (0.4) | |
| Living alone | ||||
| Yes | 15 (5.7) | 16 (6) | 29 (10.9) | 0.16 |
| No | 88 (33.2) | 81 (30.6) | 36 (13.6) | |