Table 3.
Demographic characteristic and treatment categorized by PHQ-9 score
| Variables | Number (%) PHQ-9 |
P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (n = 566) | < 9 (n = 309) | ≥ 9 (n = 257) | ||
| Gender | 0.068 | |||
| Male | 138 (24.4) | 85 (27.6) | 53 (20.6) | |
| Female | 427 (75.4) | 223 (72.4) | 204 (79.4) | |
| No answer | 1 (0.2) | |||
| Age (year) | < 0.001 | |||
| 18–24 | 146 (25.8) | 35 (11.6) | 111 (43.4) | |
| 25–60 | 282 (49.8) | 165 (54.5) | 117 (45.7) | |
| ≥ 60 | 131 (23.1) | 103 (34) | 28 (10.9) | |
| No answer | 7 (1.2) | |||
| Marital status | < 0.001 | |||
| Single/divorced | 320 (56.5) | 145 (47.1) | 175 (68.1) | |
| Married | 245 (43.3) | 163 (52.9) | 82 (31.9) | |
| No answer | 1 (0.2) | |||
| Religion | 0.038 | |||
| Buddhism | 417 (73.7) | 239 (77.3) | 178 (69.3) | |
| Islam / Christianity / others | 149 (26.3) | 70 (22.7) | 79 (30.7) | |
| Education | < 0.001 | |||
| Primary/secondary school and below | 239 (42.2) | 161 (52.3) | 78 (30.6) | |
| Diploma / bachelor’s degree and above | 324 (57.2) | 147 (47.7) | 177 (69.4) | |
| No answer | 3 (0.5) | |||
| Occupation | < 0.001 | |||
| Government officer/ state enterprise employee / company employee | 141 (24.9) | 77 (24.9) | 64 (24.9) | |
| Self-employed / merchant/ personal business/ agriculture | 166 (29.3) | 107 (34.6) | 59 (23) | |
| Student | 122 (21.6) | 30 (9.7) | 92 (35.8) | |
| Unemployed | 137 (24.2) | 95 (30.7) | 42 (16.3) | |
| Physical illness | 0.143 | |||
| No | 318 (56.2) | 164 (53.4) | 154 (59.9) | |
| Yes | 246 (43.5) | 143 (46.6) | 103 (40.1) | |
| No answer | 2 (0.4) | |||
| History of substance use | 0.605 | |||
| No | 519 (91.7) | 284 (94.7) | 235 (93.3) | |
| Yes | 33 (5.8) | 16 (5.3) | 17 (6.7) | |
| No answer | 14 (2.5) | |||
| Duration of received antidepressants | < 0.001 | |||
| > 3–6 months | 86 (15.2) | 31 (10.3) | 55 (21.8) | |
| > 6 months-1 years | 51 (9.0) | 28 (9.3) | 23 (9.1) | |
| > 1–2 years | 135 (23.9) | 66 (21.9) | 69 (27.3) | |
| > 2–3 years | 75 (13.3) | 43 (14.2) | 32 (12.6) | |
| > 3–5 years | 67 (11.8) | 39 (12.9) | 28 (11.1) | |
| > 5 years | 141 (24.9) | 95 (31.5) | 46 (18.2) | |
| No answer | 11 (1.9) | |||
| Duration of received antidepressants (month): | < 0.001 | |||
| Mean (IQR) | 26.9 (12.0, 62.9) | 36 (16.0, 107.7) | 24 (8.0, 48.0) | |
| Number of antidepressants | 0.596 | |||
| One | 372 (65.7) | 208 (67.3) | 164 (63.8) | |
| Two | 162 (28.6) | 83 (26.9) | 79 (30.7) | |
| Three or more | 32 (5.7) | 18 (5.8) | 14 (5.4) | |