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Table 2 The prevalence of mental disorders in elderly people by quartile in Tabriz, 2017

From: Prevalence of psychiatric disorders in the aging population in the northeastern of Iran

Mental disordersa

1st quartile

2nd quartile

3rd quartile

p-value

N=207

%

N=601

%

N=120

%

MDD

44

21.2

95

15.8

8

6.8

0.003

Phobia

11

5.3

29

4.8

2

1.7

0.27

Panic

4

1.9

18

3

1

0.8

0.34

OCD

14

6.7

36

6

5

4.2

0.65

GAD

18

8.7

31

5.1

0

0

0.003

Any anxiety disorder

43

20.7

103

17.1

8

6.8

0.004

Any depressive disorder

58

27.9

125

20.7

11

9.3

0.000

Any mental disorder

113

54.3

223

37

21

17.8

0.001

  1. aSome participants had more than one disorder. Therefore, the total number of disorders was more than the total number of participants