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Table 2 Demographics of validation study and depression status based on Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI), n = 125

From: Detection of depression in low resource settings: validation of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) and cultural concepts of distress in Nepal

 

Total Sample (n = 125)

CIDI Negative (n = 108)

CIDI Positive (n = 17)

Test-statistic

Significance

Gender

     

 Female

62 (50 %)

53 (49 %)

9 (53 %)

Χ 2 = 0.09

p = 0.77

 Male

63 (50 %)

55 (51 %)

8 (47 %)

  

Caste/Ethnicity

     

 Brahman/Chhetri

34 (27 %)

28 (26 %)

6 (35 %)

Χ 2 = 0.68

p = 0.71

 Dalit

15 (12 %)

13 (12 %)

2 (12 %)

  

 Janajati

76 (61 %)

67 (62 %)

9 (53 %)

  

Religion

     

 Hindu

106 (85 %)

93 (86 %)

13 (76 %)

Χ 2 = 5.90

p = 0.21

 Christian

8 (6 %)

7 (6 %)

1 (6 %)

  

 Buddhist

7 (6 %)

4 (4 %)

3 (18 %)

  

 Muslim

3 (2 %)

3 (3 %)

0

  

 Other

1 (1 %)

1 (1 %)

0

  

Education

     

 No formal education

44 (35 %)

34 (32 %)

10 (59 %)

Χ 2 = 5.40

p = 0.07

 Primary

33 (26 %)

29 (27 %)

4 (23 %)

  

 Secondary or greater

48 (39 %)

45 (42 %)

3 (18 %)

  

Psychiatric Care

     

 No history

121 (97 %)

105 (97 %)

16 (94 %)

Χ 2 = 0.46

p = 0.50

 Any history

4 (3 %)

3 (3 %)

1 (6 %)

  

Age, mean (95 % CI)

36.59 (Std Err = 1.52)

36.01 (1.58)

40.29 (4.90)

t = 0.83

p = 0.42

PHQ-9, mean (95 % CI)

7.90 (Std Err 0.497)

6.54 (0.41)

16.59 (1.14)

t = 8.84

p < .001

Heart-Mind Problems

95 (76 %)

79 (73 %)

16 (94 %)

Χ 2 = 3.54

P = .06

Brain-Mind Problems

12 (10 %)

4 (4 %)

8 (47 %)

Χ 2 = 31.81

P < .001