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Table 2 Relation between sociodemographic data and psychiatric comorbidity in end stage renal diseases patients

From: Psychiatric comorbidity and quality of life in patients undergoing hemodialysis

Variable

Depression (N = 66)

Absent depression (N = 51)

Sig. test

P value

No.

%

No.

%

 Age

Mean (SD)

56.98 ± 10.828

54.29 ± 12.861

t = 0.895

0.654

 Sex

Male (n = 65)

34

52.3%

31

47.7%

X2 = 0.352

0.208

Female (n = 52)

32

61.5%

20

38.5%

 Marital status

Single

2

28.6%

5

71.4%

X2 = 4.580

0.205

Married

55

56.7%

42

43.3%

Divorced after dialysis

3

100%

0

0%

Widow

6

60%

4

40%

 Number of children

Non

9

60%

6

40%

X2 = 8.332

0.016*

1–3

23

42.6%

31

57.4%

> 3

34

70.8%

14

29.2%

 Education

Illiterate

35

59.3%

24

40.7%

X2 = 8.176

0.043*

Primary educated

7

77.8%

2

22.2%

High school

19

61.3%

12

38.7%

University

5

27.8%

13

72.2%

 Occupation

Working

12

38.7%

19

61.3%

X2 = 6.977

0.031*

Not working

35

58.3%

25

41.7%

Stopped working after dialysis

19

73.1%

7

26.9%

 

Anxiety (N = 60)

Absent anxiety (N = 57)

Sig. test

P value

No.

%

No.

%

 Age

Mean (SD)

57.45 ± 8.339

54.09 ± 14.434

1.759

0.016*

 Sex

Male

44

67.7%

21

32.3%

15.764

< 0.001**

Female

16

30.8%

36

69.2%

  

 Marital status

Single

0

0%

7

100%

X2 = 20.883

< 0.001**

Married

59

60.8%

38

39.2%

Divorced after dialysis

0

0%

3

100%

Widow

1

10%

9

90%

 Number of children

Non

3

20%

12

80%

X2 = 20.003

< 0.001**

1–3

21

38.9%

33

61.1%

> 3

36

75%

12

25%

 Education

Illiterate

32

54.2%

27

45.8%

X2 = 2.75

0.432

Primary educated

5

55.6%

4

44.4%

High school

17

54.8%

14

45.2%

University

6

33.3%

12

66.7%

 Occupation

Working

12

38.7%

19

61.3%

X2 = 11.958

0.003**

Not working

27

45%

33

55%

Stopped working after dialysis

21

80.8%

5

19.2%

  1. SD standard deviation, X2 chi square
  2. The symbol * means significant value
  3. The symbol ** means highly significant value