Table 2 Prevalence of depression and high fear levels during the COVID-19 outbreak in Cameroon
From: Fear and depression during the COVID-19 outbreak in Cameroon: a nation-wide observational study
Characteristics | FCV-19S ≥ 19: n (%) | P-valuea | PHQ-9 score ≥ 10: n (%) | P-valuea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Male | 3079 (56.9%) | 0.163 | 458 (8.5%) | 0.611 |
Female | 1159 (58.8%) | 159 (8.1%) | |||
Age | 18–25 years | 1186 (56.7%) | 0.289 | 185 (8.8%) | 0.588 |
26–35 years | 1724 (57.4%) | 254 (8.5%) | |||
36–45 years | 750 (56.4%) | 104 (7.8%) | |||
46–55 years | 365 (60.9%) | 51 (8.5%) | |||
> 55 years | 213 (60.0%) | 23 (6.5%) | |||
Region | Centre | 1267 (57.8%) | 0.758 | 178 (8.1%) | 0.773 |
Adamawa | 183 (57.4%) | 29 (9.1%) | |||
East | 101 (55.8%) | 9 (5.0%) | |||
Far North | 247 (58.1%) | 43 (10.1%) | |||
Littoral | 1006 (57.0%) | 147 (8.3%) | |||
North | 131 (55.3%) | 19 (8.0%) | |||
North West | 414 (56.6%) | 67 (9.2%) | |||
South | 129 (54.9%) | 18 (7.7%) | |||
South West | 440 (60.9%) | 59 (8.2%) | |||
West | 320 (55.8%) | 48 (8.4%) | |||
Residential setting | Rural | 374 (55.7%) | 0.624 | 51 (7.6%) | 0.646 |
Sub-urban | 765 (57.6%) | 107 (8.1%) | |||
Urban | 3099 (57.6%) | 459 (8.5%) | |||
Worker/student in healthcare | Yes | 432 (54.5%) | 0.083 | 67 (8.5%) | 0.977 |
No | 3806 (57.8%) | 550 (8.4%) | |||