Depression symptoms and associated factors among thalassemia patients in the Palestinian Territories: a cross-sectional study

Sarhan, Adnan Lutfi; Modallal, Shahenaz; Mahamid, Fayez Azez; Berte, Denise Ziya

doi:10.1186/s43045-021-00166-w

Middle East Current Psychiatry

Table 3 Generalized linear models for factors associated with minimal to mild compared with severe depression and for factors associated with minimal to mild compared with moderate depression among PWT

From: Depression symptoms and associated factors among thalassemia patients in the Palestinian Territories: a cross-sectional study

Minimal to mild compared with severe depression among PWT								Minimal to mild compared with moderate depression among PWT
	V	B	SE	Chi	95%CI		P	B	SE	Chi	95%CI		P
	V	B	SE	Chi	Lower	Upper	P	B	SE	Chi	Lower	Upper	P
Gender	Male	0.345	0.140	6.058	0.070	0.620	0.014	0.237	0.121	3.855	0.000	0.473	0.050
Gender	Female	0a						0a
Age (Y)	16–20	− 0.158	0.189	0.697	− 0.529	0.213	0.404	− 0.185	0.141	1.736	− 0.461	0.090	0.188
	21–25	0.186	0.162	1.312	− 0.132	0.504	0.252	− 0.207	0.144	2.063	− 0.490	0.076	0.151
	> 25	0a						0a
Residency	City	0a						0a
	Village	0.020	0.163	0.015	− 0.300	0.339	0.903	0.296	0.145	4.164	− 0.300	0.012	0.041
	IDP camp	0.069	0.214	0.103	− 0.351	0.488	0.748	0.172	0.207	0.690	− 0.351	-0.234	0.406
Education	Primary	0.478	0.209	5.216	0.068	0.889	0.022	0.034	0.269	0.016	− 0.493	0.016	0.899
	Secondary	0.275	0.148	3.452	− 0.015	0.564	0.063	0.021	-0.015	0.029	− 0.220	0.029	0.866
	Diploma and higher	0a						0a
MS	Single	− 0.270	0.296	0.837	− 0.849	0.309	0.360	− 0.713	0.548	1.693	− 1.788	1.693	0.193
	Married	− 0.518	0.354	2.141	− 1.211	0.176	0.143	− 0.847	0.565	2.247	− 1.954	2.247	0.134
	Divorced	0a						0a
Work	Employed	− 079	− 0.079	0.273	− 0.378	0.219	0.620	− 0.173	0.158	1.190	− 0.138	1.190	0.275
Work	unemployed	0a						0a
Monthly income US ($)	< 400	0.703	0.703	18.401	0.382	1.025	0.001	0.165	0.136	1.473	− 0.102	1.473	0.225
Monthly income US ($)	> 400	0a						0a
Age at DX	≤ 1 year	− 0.207	0.149	1.916	− 0.501	0.086	0.166	− 0.014	0.116	0.014	− 0.241	0.014	0.906
Age at DX	> 1 year	0a						0a
Period for BT	Weekly	0.191	0.163	1.373	− 0.128	0.510	0.241	0.092	0.134	0.470	0.355	0.470	0.493
Period for BT	Monthly or more	0a						0a
Ferritin level	Low	0.301	0.157	3.661	− 0.007	0.609	0.056	− 0.022	0.125	0.030	0.224	0.030	0.863
Ferritin level	High	0a						0a
Medications	Tablet	0.621	0.221	7.917	0.188	1.054	0.005	0.190	0.158	1.453	0.500	1.453	0.228
	Pump	0.979	0.233	17.726	0.523	1.435	0.001	0.264	0.219	1.449	0.694	1.449	0.229
	No need	0a						0a
Complications	Face changes	− 0.082	0.221	0.137	− 0.515	0.352	0.711	0.106	0.161	0.432	0.422	0.432	0.511
Complications	Splenomegaly and hepatomegaly	0a						0a

Y year, MS marital status, DX diagnose, BT blood transfusions, V variable, B coefficient, SE standard error, PWT patient with thalassemia, IDPC internally displaced people’s camps

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