Table 4 Sociodemographic and clinical correlates associated with generalized anxiety disorder
Variable | Generalized anxiety disorder | χ2 | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Negative (n = 66) | Positive (n = 48) | |||||
No | % | No | % | |||
Demographic data | ||||||
Age (years) | ||||||
18– < 35 years | 44 | 66.7% | 26 | 54.2% | 1.832 | 0.176 |
35–60 years | 22 | 33.3% | 22 | 45.8% | ||
Gender | ||||||
Male | 36 | 54.5% | 16 | 33.3% | 5.040 | 0.025* |
Female | 30 | 45.5% | 32 | 66.7% | ||
Marital status | ||||||
Single | 28 | 42.4% | 14 | 29.2% | 4.559 | 0.207 |
Married | 32 | 48.5% | 26 | 54.2% | ||
Divorced | 6 | 9.1% | 6 | 12.5% | ||
Widowed | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 4.2% | ||
Working status | ||||||
Not employed | 8 | 12.1% | 24 | 50.0% | 19.748 | < 0.001** |
Employed | 58 | 87.9% | 24 | 50.0% | ||
Comorbidities | ||||||
Smoking | 28 | 42.4% | 22 | 45.8% | 0.131 | 0.717 |
DM | 2 | 3.0% | 10 | 20.8% | 9.352 | 0.002* |
HTN | 8 | 12.1% | 6 | 12.5% | 0.004 | 0.951 |
Cardiac diseases | 0 | 0.0% | 8 | 16.7% | 11.830 | < 0.001** |