Universality of interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) problem areas in Thai depressed patients

BMC Psychiatry

Table 3 Relationship between interpersonal problem areas/sociodemographic factors and depressive disorder in the depressed (n = 90) and the non-depressed (n = 90) subjects

Interpersonal problem areas and sociodemographic factors	Numbers (n = 180)			Odds ratio (OR)	95% CI Of OR	X²	p-value
	Depressed (90)	Non-depressed (90)	Total (180)
Interpersonal problem areas
Grief
Exposed	36	11	47	4.79	2.14 - 11.29	18.00	< 0.0001**
Unexposed	54	79	133
Total	90	90	180
Interpersonal role disputes
Exposed	67	34	101	4.80	2.42 - 9.56	24.57	< 0.0001**
Unexposed	23	56	79
Total	90	90	180
Role transitions
Exposed	62	6	68	31.00	11.50 - 94.99	74.12	< 0.0001**
Unexposed	28	84	112
Total	90	90	180
Interpersonal deficits
Exposed	57	17	74	7.42	3.58 - 15.60	36.72	< 0.0001**
Unexposed	33	73	106
Total	90	90	180
Sociodemographic factors
Educational level
Secondary school and lower	52	35	87	2.15	1.14 - 4.08	6.43	0.01*
Bachelor's degree and higher	38	55	93
Total	90	90	180
Occupation
Unemployed	55	23	78	4.58	2.32 - 9.11	23.17	< 0.0001**
Employed	35	67	102
Total	90	90	180
Incomes (baht/month)
Lower than 10,000	56	38	94	2.25	1.19 - 4.28	7.21	0.01*
10,000 and above	34	52	86
Total	90	90	180
Having a physical illness
Presence	43	28	71	2.03	1.06 - 3.90	5.23	0.02*
Absence	47	62	109
Total	90	90	180

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