Table 6.
Effect of economic status on the scores of psychometric scales used in the study.
| Economic status | p | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poor (I) N = 6 | Moderate (II) N = 100 | Good (III) N = 120 | Very good (IV) N = 21 | ||||||
| Me | Me | Me | Me | ||||||
| MDQ | 5.5 ± 2.59 | 5.0 | 3.88 ± 2.99 | 4.0 | 3.15 ± 2.75 | 3.0 | 3.38 ± 2.78 | 3.0 | NS |
| GDS | 14.67 ± 4.27 | 15.0 | 12.89 ± 3.16 | 12.0 | 12.55 ± 2.93 | 12.0 | 12.71 ± 2.61 | 12.0 | NS |
| GHQ-28 | 30.67 ± 12.04 | 28.0 | 22.26 ± 9.94 | 20.5 | 20.91 ± 10.22 | 18.0 | 17.95 ± 9.57 | 15.0 | I–IV: 0.028* |
| AIS | 10.17 ± 3.54 | 11.0 | 6.36 ± 4.32 | 5.0 | 5.58 ± 3.74 | 5.0 | 5.05 ± 4.71 | 3.0 | I–III: 0.044* I–IV: 0.015* |
| STAI (X-1) | 51.67 ± 8.69 | 49.0 | 40.14 ± 9.55 | 40.0 | 38.8 ± 10.01 | 39.0 | 35 ± 9.63 | 34.0 | I–III: 0.017* I–IV: 0.003* |
| STAI (X-2) | 50 ± 4.6 | 50.0 | 40.52 ± 8.96 | 41.0 | 38.33 ± 9.04 | 37.0 | 34.71 ± 7.97 | 34.0 | I–III: 0.009* I–IV: <0.001* II–IV: 0.035* |
| CECS_anger | 20 ± 2.68 | 19.5 | 17.87 ± 4.07 | 17.0 | 17.93 ± 3.13 | 18.0 | 17.71 ± 4.93 | 16.0 | NS |
| CECS_depression | 19 ± 3.63 | 19.5 | 17.9 ± 3.69 | 18.0 | 18.03 ± 4.09 | 17.5 | 17.14 ± 3.18 | 17.0 | NS |
| CECS_anxiety | 17.83 ± 1.94 | 18.5 | 16.46 ± 3.02 | 17.0 | 16.56 ± 2.77 | 16.0 | 16.76 ± 2.43 | 16.0 | NS |
| CECS_total | 56.83 ± 5.88 | 58.0 | 52.23 ± 8.79 | 52.0 | 52.53 ± 8.14 | 52.0 | 51.62 ± 8.75 | 52.0 | NS |
| SMAST-G | 1.5 ± 2.74 | 0.5 | 1.39 ± 1.96 | 1.0 | 0.93 ± 1.5 | 0.0 | 1.33 ± 2.08 | 1.0 | NS |
AIS, Athens Insomnia Scale; CECS, Courtauld Emotional Control Scale; GDS, Geriatric Depression Scale; GHQ-28, General Health Questionnaire-28; MDQ, Mood Disorder Questionnaire; Me, median; NS, not significant; p, p-value; SD, standard deviation; SMAST-G, Short Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test—Geriatric Version; STAI, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory; , mean; *, statistically significant value (p < 0.05; Kruskal–Wallis ANOVA and appropriate post-hoc tests).