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Table 5 Association between beck depression inventory score level and different variables of respondents

From: Anxiety and depression among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and general population in rural Nepal

Group/Variables

Depression scale

P value* (χ2)

Minimal depression

Mild depression

Moderate depression

Severe depression

Total

COPD Group

     

0.009

 Less than 60 years

0 (0%)

5 (20.0%)

5 (20.0%)

15 (60.0%)

25 (100%)

 Above 60 years

4 (5.9%)

9 (13.2%)

36 (52.9%)

19 (27.9%)

68 (100%)

Control Group

     

0.3

 Less than 60 years

56 (69.1%)

16 (19.8%)

6 (7.4%)

3 (3.7%)

81 (100%)

 Above 60 years

15 (62.5%)

7 (29.2%)

0 (0%)

2 (8.3%)

24 (100%)

COPD Group

     

0.9

 Male

2 (4.9%)

7 (17.1%)

18 (43.9%)

14 (34.1%)

41 (100%)

 Female

2 (3.8%)

7 (13.5%)

23 (44.2%)

20 (38.5%)

52 (100%)

Control Group

     

0.06

 Male

56 (71.8%)

13 (16.7%)

6 (7.7%)

3 (3.8%)

78 (100%)

 Female

15 (55.6%)

10 (37.0%)

0 (0%)

2 (7.4%)

27 (100%)

COPD Group

     

0.7

 Nuclear family

0 (0%)

3 (23.1%)

5 (38.5%)

5 (38.5%)

13 (100%)

 Joint family

4 (5.0%)

11 (13.8%)

36 (45.0%)

29 (36.2%)

80 (100%)

Control Group

     

0.1

 Nuclear family

18 (66.7%)

6 (22.2%)

0 (0%)

3 (11.1%)

27 (100%)

 Joint family

53 (67.9%)

17 (21.8%)

6 (7.7%)

2 (2.6%)

78 (100%)

COPD Group

     

0.34

 Illiterate

2 (2.6%)

12 (15.8%)

35 (46.1%)

27 (35.5%)

76 (100%)

 Literate

2 (11.8%)

3 (11.8%)

6 (35.3%)

7 (41.2%)

17 (100%)

Control Group

     

0.001

 Illiterate

25 (56.8%)

14 (31.8%)

0 (0%)

5 (11.4%)

44 (100%)

 Literate

46 (75.4%)

9 (14.8%)

6 (9.8%)

0 (0%)

61 (100%)

COPD Group

     

0.06

 Smoker

4 (4.5%)

14 (15.7%)

41 (46.1%)

30 (33.7%)

89 (100%)

 Non smoker

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

4 (100%)

4 (100%)

Control Group

     

0.001

 Smoker

21 (47.7%)

18 (40.9%)

3 (6.8%)

2 (4.5%)

44 (100%)

 Non smoker

50 (82.0%)

5 (8.2%)

3 (4.9%)

3 (4.9%)

61 (100%)

  1. *Chi-square test was used