Table 2 Sociodemographic and clinical correlates associated with major depressive disorder
Variable | Major depressive disorder | χ2 | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Negative (n = 62) | Positive (n = 52) | |||||
No | % | No | % | |||
Demographic data | ||||||
Age (years) | ||||||
18– < 35 years | 36 | 58.1% | 34 | 65.4% | 0.639 | 0.424 |
35–60 years | 26 | 41.9% | 18 | 34.6% | ||
Gender | ||||||
Male | 30 | 48.4% | 22 | 42.3% | 0.421 | 0.516 |
Female | 32 | 51.6% | 30 | 57.7% | ||
Working status | ||||||
Not employed | 20 | 32.3% | 12 | 23.1% | 1.181 | 0.277 |
Employed | 42 | 67.7 | 40 | 76.9% | ||
Marital status | ||||||
Single | 22 | 35.5% | 20 | 38.5% | 10.008 | 0.019* |
Married | 36 | 58.1% | 22 | 42.3% | ||
Divorced | 2 | 3.2% | 10 | 19.2% | ||
Widowed | 2 | 3.2% | 0 | 0.0% | ||
Comorbidities | ||||||
Smoking | 30 | 48.4% | 20 | 38.5% | 1.132 | 0.287 |
DM | 8 | 12.9% | 4 | 7.7% | 0.815 | 0.367 |
HTN | 6 | 9.7% | 8 | 15.4% | 0.855 | 0.355 |
Cardiac diseases | 8 | 12.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 7.216 | 0.007* |
Medications given | ||||||
Antipyretics | 60 | 96.8% | 48 | 92.3% | 1.132 | 0.287 |
Antibiotics | 52 | 83.9% | 50 | 96.2% | 4.530 | 0.033* |
Corticosteroids | 34 | 54.8% | 30 | 57.7 | 0.094 | 0.760 |