Table 5. Relationship between different parameters with depression and anxiety symptoms.
| Parameters | Depression (n = 31) | Anxiety (n = 25) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | p-value | n (%) | p-value | |
| Gender | ||||
| Male (n = 61) | 4 (6.6) | 0.802 | 2 (3.3) | 0.279 |
| Female (n = 300) | 27 (9.0) | 23 (7.7) | ||
| Marital status | ||||
| Married (n = 275) | 19 (6.9) | 0.127 | 16 (5.8) | 0.013 |
| Single (n = 65) | 10 (15.4) | 5 (7.7) | ||
| Divorced (n = 11) | 1 (9.1) | 4 (36.4) | ||
| Widowed (n = 10) | 1 (10.0) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Education | ||||
| Primary (n = 40) | 3 (7.5) | 0.012 | 1 (2.5) | 0.353 |
| Secondary (n = 178) | 8 (4.5) | 11 (6.2) | ||
| Tertiary (n = 128) | 17 (13.3) | 11 (8.6) | ||
| No formal education (n = 15) | 3 (20.0) | 2 (13.3) | ||
| Occupation | ||||
| Employed (n =188) | 19 (10.1) | 0.283 | 16 (8.5) | 0.216 |
| Unemployed (n = 173) | 12 (6.9) | 9 (5.2) | ||
| Comorbidities | ||||
| At least one (n = 178) | 16 (9.0) | 0.788 | 11 (6.2) | 0.582 |
| None (n = 183) | 15 (8.2) | 14 (7.7) | ||
| Rheumatic disease | ||||
| SLE (n = 125) | 12(9.6) | 0.882 | 11 (8.8) | 0.499 |
| RA (n = 150) | 12 (8.0) | 10(6.7) | ||
| Others (n = 86) | 7 (8.1) | 4 (4.7) | ||
| DMARDs | ||||
| csDMARDs (n = 465) | 31 (6.7) | 0.727 | 25 (5.4) | 0.707 |
| ts+bDMARDs (n = 25) | 3 (12.0) | 1 (4.0) | ||
SLE: systemic lupus erythematosus; RA: rheumatoid arthritis; csDMARDs: conventional synthetic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs; bDMARDS: biological disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs; tsDMARDs: targeted synthetic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs.