Table 3.
Significant Differences in Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety by Marital Status
| Continuously married (N = 470) | Widowed (N = 394) | Single (N = 93) | Pre-widowed (N = 43) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % |
| Tenseb | 166 | 35.3 | 182 | 46.2 | 31 | 33.3 | 22 | 52.1 |
| Life Emptya | 35 | 7.4 | 64 | 16.2 | 18 | 19.3 | 7 | 16.3 |
| Dropped Activitiesb | 62 | 13.2 | 87 | 22.1 | 12 | 13.0 | 10 | 23.3 |
| Energy Deficitsc | 182 | 38.7 | 174 | 44.2 | 42 | 45.2 | 22 | 52.1 |
| Hopelessnessc | 34 | 7.2 | 36 | 9.1 | 10 | 10.7 | 5 | 11.6 |
| Fear something bad will happenc | 29 | 6.2 | 34 | 8.6 | 3 | 3.2 | 4 | 9.3 |
a
p < 0.001.
b
p < 0.01.
c
p ≥ 0.05 (trend toward significantly higher frequency for pre-widowed persons).
p values indicate a significant difference among groups in frequency of symptoms.