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. 2022 Jul;23(7):2367–2373. doi: 10.31557/APJCP.2022.23.7.2367

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%)