Table 2.
Differences in the outcome variables among the participants based on their demographic characteristics (N = 90).
| Variable | Characteristics | N (%) | Anxiety |
Depression |
Internalized Stigma |
Social Support |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M (SE) | F/t | M (SE) | F/t | M (SE) | F/t | M (SE) | F/t | |||
| Sex | Female | 55 (61.1) | 33.0 (1.60) | 2.85∗∗ | 27.9 (1.3) | 2.38∗ | 67.6 (1.56) | .31 | 58.3(2.8) | 2.57∗ |
| Male | 35 (38.9) | 25.4 (2.2) | 22.8 (1.7) | 65 (1.82) | 47.1(3.1) | |||||
| Marital Status | Married | 16 (17.8) | 29.2(2.7) | .17 | 23.9(2.1) | .30 | 65 (3.38) | .36 | 60.7(5.9) | 1.4 |
| Widowed | 32 (35.6) | 30.6(2.4) | 26.5(1.9) | 67.6(1.82) | 52.7(3.4) | |||||
| Divorced | 21 (23.3) | 31.3(3.0) | 25.7(2.3) | 67.6(2.86) | 47.7(3.8) | |||||
| Single/unmarried | 21 (23.3) | 28.7(2.8) | 26.7(2.2) | 65(1.3) | 57.0(4.8) | |||||
| Education | Below high school | 41 (45.6) | 34.6 (1.9) | 8.02∗∗ | 28.0 (1.5) | 2.07 | 65 (1.82) | 1.5 | 53.8 (3.2) | .28 |
| High school | 27 (30.0) | 29.7 (2.1) | 25.0 (1.8) | 67.6(2.08) | 51.9 (4.0) | |||||
| Bachelor’s degree or higher | 22 (24.4) | 21.9 (2.6) | 22.9 (2.2) | 67.6 (2.6) | 56.4 (4.5) | |||||
| History of Chronic Diseases | No | 16 (17.8) | 31.4 (3.0) | .44 | 27.7 (2.2) | .79 | 70.2 (3.64) | 1.7 | 56.5 (6.2) | .54 |
| Yes | 74 (82.2) | 29.8 (1.5) | 25.5 (1.2) | 65 (1.3) | 53.4 (2.3) | |||||
| Religion | Muslim | 75 (83.3) | 29.7 (1.5) | .12 | 25.7 (1.2) | .25 | 65(2.86) | .76 | 53.7 (2.4) | .72 |
| Christian | 15 (16.7) | 32.1 (2.8) | 27.1 (2.2) | 70.2(1.82) | 53,2 (5.7) | |||||
| Visitors | No visitors | 35 (43.8) | 32.8(2.07) | 1.98 | 28.2 (1.5) | 1.81 | 65 (1.82) | -.82 | 52.9 (3.6) | -.07 |
| Relatives and friends | 45 (56.3) | 26.9(2.08) | 24.1 (1.6) | 67.6 (2.08) | 52.9 (3.0) | |||||
Note: N: number, M: mean, SE: standard error of the mean, F: One- Way ANOVA test value, t: t-test value ∗p < .05, ∗∗p < .01.