Table 2.
Socio-Demographic Characteristics and Their associations with Depression and Anxiety, Using the HADS and the CES-D Scales in the Study Population
| Sociodemographic | Depression (CES-D scale) | Depression (HADS scale) | Anxiety (HADS scale) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| characteristics | Not depressed | Depressed | P-value | Not depressed | Depressed | P-value | No anxiety | Anxiety | P-value |
| 52 (58.4%) | 37 (41.6%) | 64 (71.9%) | 25 (28.1%) | 52 (58.4%) | 37 (41.6%) | ||||
| Age (years) | |||||||||
| 18 – 30 (n=13) | 05 (38.5%) | 08 (61.5%) | 0.198 | 08 (61.5%) | 05 (38.5%) | 0.659 | 06 (46.2%) | 07 (53.8%) | 0.378 |
| 31 – 50 (n=56) | 33 (58.9%) | 23 (41.1%) | 41 (73.2%) | 15 (26.8%) | 32 (57.1%) | 24 (42.9%) | |||
| >50 (n=20) | 14 (70.0%) | 06 (30.0%) | 15 (75.0%) | 05 (25.0%) | 14 (70.0%) | 06 (30.0%) | |||
| Gender | |||||||||
| Males (n=31) | 16 (51.6%) | 15 (48.4%) | 0.467 | 20 (64.5%) | 11 (35.5%) | 0.375 | 18 (58.1%) | 13 (41.9%) | 1 |
| Females (n=58) | 36 (62.1%) | 22 (37.9%) | 44 (75.9%) | 14 (24.1%) | 34 (58.6%) | 24 (41.4%) | |||
| Marital status | |||||||||
| Unmarried (n=13) | 05 (38.5%) | 08 (61.5%) | 0.202 | 09 (69.2%) | 04 (30.8%) | 1 | 07 (53.8%) | 06 (46.2%) | 0.954 |
| Ever-married (n=76) | 47 (61.8%) | 29 (38.2%) | 55 (72.4%) | 21 (27.8%) | 45 (59.2%) | 31 (40.8%) | |||
| Education | |||||||||
| Uneducated (n=12) | 06 (50.0%) | 08 (50.0%) | 0.379 | 10 (83.3%) | 02 (16.7%) | 0.142 | 07 (58.3%) | 05 (41.7%) | 0.677 |
| School educated (n=51) | 33 (64.7%) | 23 (35.3%) | 39 (76.5%) | 12 (23.5%) | 28 (54.9%) | 23 (45.1%) | |||
| College & above (n=26) | 13 (50.0%) | 06 (50.0%) | 15 (57.7%) | 11 (42.3%) | 17 (65.4%) | 09 (34.6%) | |||
| Employment status | |||||||||
| Un-employed (n=47) | 30 (63.8%) | 17 (36.2%) | 0.38 | 37 (78.7%) | 10 (21.3%) | 0.202 | 26 (55.3%) | 21 (44.7%) | 0.679 |
| Employed/Retired (n=42) | 22 (54.2%) | 20 (45.8%) | 27 (64.3%) | 15 (35.7%) | 26 (61.9%) | 16 (38.18%) | |||
| Financial status | |||||||||
| Rented house (n=9) | 05 (55.6%) | 04 (44.4%) | 1 | 09 (100.0%) | 00 (00 %) | 0.057 | 07 (77.8%) | 02 (22.2%) | 0.295 |
| Owned house (n=80) | 47 (58.8%) | 33 (41.2%) | 55 (68.8%) | 25 (31.2%) | 45 (56.3%) | 35 (42.7%) | |||
| Co-morbid disease | |||||||||
| No (n=69) | 43 (62.3%) | 26 (37.7%) | 0.26 | 49 (71.0%) | 20 (29.0%) | 0.947 | 38 (55.1%) | 31 (44.9%) | 0.35 |
| Yes (n=20) | 09 (45.0%) | 11 (55.0%) | 15 (75.0%) | 05 (25.0%) | 14 (70.0%) | 06 (30.0%) | |||