Table 3.
Bivariate relationships between demographic characteristics and depression severity and QOLIE-10 for African Americans with Epilepsy
| Variable | PHQ-9 | QOLIE-10 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Mean (SD) | p-value | n | Mean (SD) | p-value | |
| Gender | .009 | .023 | ||||
| Men | 42 | 7.8 (7.1) | 41 | 2.6 (0.75) | ||
| Women | 89 | 11.1 (6.6) | 89 | 3.0 (0.85) | ||
| Education | .063 | .672 | ||||
| College > 4 yrs | 14 | 7.6 (7.3) | 15 | 2.9 (0.9) | ||
| College < 1–3 yrs | 62 | 9.2 (6.5) | 64 | 2.8 (0.9) | ||
| High school education or less | 56 | 11.5 (7.0) | 52 | 2.95 (0.8) | ||
| Employment | .097 | .059 | ||||
| Employed | 25 | 7.5(6.5) | 24 | 2.4 (0.8) | ||
| Unemployed | 26 | 10.6 (6.3) | 28 | 2.9 (0.8) | ||
| Unable to work | 36 | 11.6 (7.5) | 39 | 3.0 (0.8) | ||
| Other | 7 | 8.7 (9.4) | 8 | 2.6 (1.0) | ||
| Income | .272 | .942 | ||||
| <$25K | 106 | 10.5 (6.8) | 101 | 2.9 (0.8) | ||
| >=$25 | 13 | 8.7 (7.9) | 11 | 2.9 (0.9) | ||
| Marital Status | .551 | .557 | ||||
| Married or Co-habiting | 21 | 10.2 (6.2) | 24 | 2.8 (0.9) | ||
| Single, Never Married | 68 | 9.9 (7.0) | 66 | 2.8 (0.8) | ||
| Divorced, Separated, or Widowed | 21 | 12.0 (7.7) | 20 | 3.0 (0.7) | ||
| Age (spearman correlation coefficient r, p-value) | .116, .189 | .181, .040 | ||||
| 30-day seizure frequency (spearman correlation coefficient, p-value) | .317, .0009 | .425, <.0001 | ||||