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Table 1 Characteristics of people living with HIV/AIDS, stratified by depression symptoms identified by psychiatrists’ interview (N = 400)

From: Screening value of the Center for epidemiologic studies – depression scale among people living with HIV/AIDS in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: a validation study

Characteristics

Depression symptoms

p-valuea

Yes (N = 124, 31 %)

n (%)

No (N = 276, 69 %)

n (%)

Gender

   

 Male

65 (52.4)

189 (68.5)

0.002

 Female

59 (47.6)

87 (31.5)

 

Sexual orientation

   

 Heterosexual

108 (87.0)

243 (88.1)

0.922

 Homosexual/Bisexual

8 (6.5)

15 (5.4)

 

 Unsure/Not answer

8 (6.5)

18 (6.5)

 

Age, yrs [M (SD)]

34.8 (7.6)

34.9 (6.5)

0.927b

Highest level of education

   

 Did not complete primary

19 (15.3)

34 (12.3)

0.710

 Primary school

22 (17.7)

64 (23.2)

 

 Secondary school

46 (37.1)

105 (38.0)

 

 High school

30 (24.2)

59 (21.4)

 

 College or more

7 (5.7)

14 (5.1)

 

Work status

   

 Unemployed

31 (25.0)

53 (19.2)

0.354

 Casual job

24 (19.4)

44 (16.0)

 

 Part-time job

21 (16.9)

48 (17.4)

 

 Full-time job

31 (25.0)

95 (34.4)

 

 Other

17 (13.7)

36 (13.0)

 

Self-rated economic status

   

 Very poor/Poor

62 (50.0)

112 (40.6)

0.061c

 Average

60 (48.4)

163 (59.1)

 

 Rich/Very rich

2 (1.6)

1 (0.3)

 

Have a religion

   

 Yes

31 (25.0)

73 (26.4)

0.760

 No

93 (75.0)

203 (73.6)

 

Marital status

   

 Single

32 (25.8)

92 (33.3)

0.262

 Married/Live as a couple

75 (60.5)

144 (52.2)

 

 Divorced/Separated/Widowed

17 (13.7)

40 (14.5)

 

Parental status

   

 Yes

78 (62.9)

141 (51.1)

0.028

 No

46 (37.1)

135 (48.9)

 

Source of HIV infection

   

 Sexual transmission

72 (58.1)

152 (55.1)

0.467

 Injected drug use

32 (25.8)

87 (31.5)

 

 Others

20 (16.1)

37 (13.4)

 

Time since HIV diagnosis, yrs [M (SD)]

4.8 (2.6)

5.4 (2.5)

0.033b

Family members been diagnosed HIV positive

 None

79 (63.7)

199 (72.1)

0.123c

 One

43 (34.7)

69 (25.0)

 

 Two or more

2 (1.6)

8 (2.9)

 
  1. aChi-squared test unless otherwise stated
  2. bt test
  3. cFisher exact test