Table 5.
Socio-demographic factors associated with depression among patients attending primary healthcare centres, Tabuk
| Depression | P1 | P2 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No N (%) | Mild N (%) | Moderate N (%) | Moderately severe N (%) | Severe N (%) | |||
| Gender | |||||||
| Male (n = 90) | 30 (33.3) | 33 (36.7) | 17 (18.9) | 6 (6.7) | 4 (4.4) | 0.072 | 0.345 |
| Female (n = 294) | 70 (23.8) | 112 (38.1) | 63 (21.4) | 23 (7.8) | 26 (8.8) | ||
| Age (years) | |||||||
| 20-25 (n = 178) | 46 (25.8) | 74 (41.6) | 37 (20.8) | 9 (5.1) | 12 (6.7) | 0.158 | 0.421 |
| 26-30(n = 64) | 15 (23.4) | 22 (34.4) | 14 (21.9) | 7 (10.9) | 6 (9.4) | ||
| 31-35 (n = 49) | 8 (16.3) | 16 (32.7) | 14 (28.6) | 6 (12.2) | 5 (10.2) | ||
| 36-40 (n = 93) | 31 (33.3) | 33 (35.5) | 15 (16.1) | 7 (7.5) | 7 (7.5) | ||
| Marital status | |||||||
| Single (n = 204) | 38 (18.6) | 80 (39.2) | 51 (25.0) | 12 (5.9) | 23 (11.3) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Married (n = 166) | 59 (35.5) | 60 (36.1) | 26 (15.7) | 14 (8.4) | 7 (4.2) | ||
| Divorced/widowed (n = 14) | 3 (21.4) | 5 (35.7) | 3 (21.4) | 3 (21.4) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Type of family | |||||||
| Nuclear (n = 340) | 88 (25.9) | 125 (36.8) | 75 (22.1) | 25 (7.4) | 27 (7.9) | 0.743 | 0.530 |
| Joint (n = 44) | 12 (27.3) | 20 (45.5) | 5 (11.4) | 4 (9.1) | 3 (6.8) | ||
| Highest qualification | |||||||
| High school or lower (n = 66) | 18 (27.3) | 23 (34.8) | 14 (21.2) | 8 (12.1) | 3 (4.5) | 0.546 | 0.584 |
| College (n = 292) | 73 (25.0) | 113 (38.7) | 63 (21.6) | 18 (6.2) | 25 (8.6) | ||
| Postgraduate (n = 26) | 9 (34.6) | 9 (34.6) | 3 (11.5) | 3 (11.5) | 2 (7.7) | ||
| Employment | |||||||
| Employed (n = 187) | 60 (32.1) | 73 (39.0) | 29 (15.5) | 14 (7.5) | 11 (5.9) | 0.013 | 0.063 |
| Not employed (n = 171) | 32 (18.7) | 66 (38.6) | 44 (25.7) | 13 (7.6) | 16 (9.4) | ||
| House wife (n = 26) | 8 (30.8) | 6 (23.1) | 7 (26.9) | 2 (7.7) | 3 (11.5) | ||
| Income (SR / month)* | |||||||
| < 3000 (n = 8) | 1 (12.5) | 2 (25.0) | 2 (25.0) | 2 (25.0) | 1 (12.5) | 0.495 | 0.334 |
| 3000-5000 (n = 21) | 5 (23.8) | 11 (52.4) | 2 (14.3) | 2 (9.5) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| 5001-8000 (n = 20) | 7 (35.0) | 10 (50.0) | 1 (5.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (100) | ||
| > 8000 (n = 138) | 47 (34.1) | 49 (35.5) | 24 (17.4) | 10 (7.2) | 8 (5.8) | ||
*
For employed only (n = 187); P1: Depression versus non-depression; P2: Severity of depression.