Table-III.

Assessment of depression score by baseline characteristics of the study sample.

Characteristics	Base (N)	Depression Score		Depression
		Mean ± SD	p-value	Frequency (%)	p-value
Gender
Male	118	5.86 ± 6.43	0.153	11% (13)	0.598
Female	35	7.37 ± 6.32		14.3% (5)
Married	152	6.23 ± 6.43	0.654	11.8% (18)	0.714
Unmarried	1	2 ± 0		0% (0)
Diabetes
Yes	61	4.93 ± 5.19	0.083	4.9% (3)	0.032
No	92	7.04 ± 7.02		16.3% (15)
Hypertension
Yes	69	5.8 ± 6.05	0.632	8.7% (6)	0.286
No	84	6.54 ± 6.73		14.3% (12)
Obesity
Yes	15	4.07 ± 2.94	0.421	0% (0)	0.136
No	138	6.43 ± 6.65		13% (18)
Smoking
Yes	40	4.6 ± 5.2	0.069	7.5% (3)	0.330
No	113	6.77 ± 6.73		13.3% (15)
Employment status
Employed	67	4.54 ± 3.96	0.894	3% (2)	0.673
Unemployed	86	7.5 ± 7.59		18.6% (16)
Education status
Educated	92	5.97 ± 5.99	0.066	10.9% (10)	0.003*
Uneducated	61	6.56 ± 7.05		13.1% (8)
Financial status
Less than 10 thousand ($70)	74	6.82 ± 6.91	0.590	13.5% (10)	0.790
10 to 50 thousands ($70-350)	71	5.72 ± 5.93		9.9% (7)
Above 50 thousands ($350)	8	4.75 ± 6.02		12.5% (1)