Table 4.

Predictors of Depression in Cancer Patients (N=380)

Variable	B	SE	95% CI		p
Education
Illiterate	7.02	1.59	3.91	10.14	0.000b
Diploma	6.24	1.52	3.26	9.21	0.000b
BS	1.65	1.72	-1.72	5.03	0.338
MSc and upper	0a	.			.
Economic Situation
Weak	1.18	0.78	-0.36	2.71	0.133
Average	-1.08	0.72	-2.5	0.34	0.136
Good	0a	.	.	.	.
Cancer stage
One	9.07	1.18	8.39	13.03	0.000b
Two	9.22	1.07	8.52	12.71	0.000b
Three	6.89	1.18	5.81	10.44	0.000b
Four	0a	.	.	.	.
Past medical history
Cardiac diseases	0.74	0.43	-0.21	1.64	0.084
Respiratory diseases	0.81	0.52	-0.12	1.96	0.092
Gastric diseases	0.91	0.51	-0.19	2.27	0.076
Urinary diseases	0a	.	.	.	.
Age	-0.07	0.02	-0.11	-0.02	0.004b
Gender	2.06	0.60	0.88	3.25	0.001b
Marital	4.64	0.94	2.79	6.48	0.000b
History of cigarette smoking	-2.49	0.72	-3.91	-1.06	0.001b
Family history of cancer	-0.35	0.57	-1.47	0.76	0.537

a, Set to zero because this parameter is redundant; b, Statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05