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

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

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

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