Table 4.
Subjects characteristics in relationship to Psychological distress
| Subjects characteristics |
GHQ score (normal) |
GHQ Score (indicating distress) |
Statistics |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 106 (81.5) | 24 (18.5) | χ2 =0.301, p=0.583 |
| Female | 106 (84.1) | 20 (15.5) | |
| Marital Status | |||
| Singles | 67 (77.9) | 19 (21.1) | χ2=12.534, p= 0.002 |
| Married | 145 (86.3) | 23 (13.9) | |
| Widows/Widowers | 0 (0) | 2 (100) | |
| Age groups | |||
| < 40 | 46 (76.7) | 14 (23.3) | χ2=2.080, p= 0.149 |
| ≥ 40 | 166 (84.7) | 30 (15.3) | |
| Years of practice | |||
| < 10 | 149 (86.6) | 23 (13.4) | χ2=6.867, p= 0.032 |
| 10– 19 | 40 (71.4) | 16 (28.6) | |
| > 20 | 23 (82.1) | 5 (17.9) | |
| Religion | |||
| Christianity | 202 (83.5) | 40 (16.5) | χ2= 1.348, p=0.205 |
| Islam | 10 (71.4) | 4 (2.4) | |
| Profession | |||
| Doctors | 97 (85.1) | 17 (14.9) | χ2= 3.263, p=0.196 |
| Nurses | 99 (83.2) | 20 (16.8) | |
| Others | 16 (69.6) | 7 (30.4) | |
| Specialty | |||
| Non-surgical | 135 (79.4) | 35 (20.6) | χ2= 4.112, p=0.043 |
| Surgical | 77 (89.5) | 9 (10.5) | |
| Presence of Chronic illness | |||
| Yes | 8 (57.1) | 6 (42.9) | χ2=6.856, p= 0.009 |
| No | 204 (84.3) | 38 (15.7) | |
| Current Stressor | |||
| No | 166 (92.2) | 14 (7.8) | χ2= 37.718, p= 0.000 |
| Yes | 46 (60.5) | 30 (39.5) |