Relationship between work–family conflict, sleep quality, and depressive symptoms among mental health nurses

Middle East Current Psychiatry

Table 4 Relation between nurses’ depressive symptoms and their demographic characteristics (n = 139)

Variables	(CES-D) score				n	χ²	p-value
	No Depressive symptoms (n: 49)		Depressive symptoms (n: 90)
	No.	%	No.	%
Age
< 30 years	49	47.1	55	52.9	104	25.46	0.0001**
≥ 30 years	0	.0	35	100.0	35
Gender
Male	15	40.5	22	59.5	37	0.62	0.43
Female	34	33.3	68	66.7	102
Marital status
Single	14	82.4	3	17.6	17	18.8	0.0001**
Married	35	28.7	87	71.3	122
Education
Diploma	22	42.3	30	57.7	52
Technical institute	22	29.3	53	70.7	75	2.5	0.28
Bachelors	5	41.7	7	58.3	12
Experience (in years)
< 10 years	39	44.3	49	55.7	88	8.6	0.003*
≥ 10 years	10	19.6	41	80.4	51
Residence
Rural	35	32.4	73	67.6	108	1.7	0.19
Urban	14	45.2	17	54.8	31
Income
Insufficient	21	36.8	36	63.2	57	0.11	0.74
Just sufficient	28	34.1	54	65.9	82
Shift manner
Yes	46	34.6	87	65.4	133	F	0.66
No	3	50.0	3	50.0	6

χ² chi-square test, f Fisher’s exact test; insignificant p > 0.05, *significant p < 0.05, ** highly significant p < 0.001