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Table 3 Proportion of high-level anxiety and depressive symptoms in relation to common psychosocial variables among participants

From: High-level of anxiety and depressive symptoms among patients with general medical conditions and community residents: a comparative study

Explanatory variables

Depression

Yes n(%)

Anxiety

Yes n(%)

Sample

Community

Yes n(%)

Health center

Yes n(%)

Sex

 Male

128 (6.5)

168 (8.5)

1271 (64.1)

713 (35.9)

 Female

141 (7.0)

183 (9.1)

1354 (67.6)

650 (32.4)

Age

 18–24

54 (5.6)

74 (7.6)

617 (23.5)

355 (26.0)

 25–34

49 (4.2)

68 (5.8)

795 (30.3)

375 (32.1)

 35–44

65 (7.3)

78 (8.8)

611 (23.3)

277 (31.2)

 45 and more

101 (10.5)

131 (13.7)

602 (22.9)

356 (37.2)

Living area

 Urban

198 (6.8)

270 (9.3)

2174 (74.6)

742 (25.4)

 Rural

71 (6.6)

81 (7.6)

451 (42.1)

621 (57.9)

Living circumstance

 Alone

17 (7.0)

29 (11.9)

183 (7.0)

60 (4.4)

 With family

252 (6.7)

322 (8.6)

2442 (93)

1303 (93.9)

Relative Wealth

 Low

105 (10.3)

117 (11.7)

673 (65.9)

348 (34.1)

 Average

152 (5.3)

216 (7.5)

1875 (65.5)

986 (34.5)

 High

12 (11.3)

18 (17.0)

77 (72.6)

29 (27.4)

Social support

 Low

60 (10.6)

86 (15.2)

395 (69.8)

171 (30.2)

 Moderate

179 (6.3)

219 (7.8)

1809 (64.1)

1014 (35.9)

 Strong

30 (5.0)

46 (7.7)

421 (70.3)

178 (29.7)

Physical/verbal abuse

 Yes

162 (8.3)

232 (11.8)

1324 (67.6)

636 (32.4)

 No

107 (5.3)

119 (5.9)

1301 (64.2)

727 (35.8)

Parental death at childhood

 Yes

95 (12.6)

53 (7.0)

494 (65.3)

262 (34.7)

 No

174 (5.4)

298 (9.2)

2131 (65.9)

1101 (34.1)

Family history of mental illness

 Yes

28 (5.4)

74 (14.3)

294 (56.8)

224 (43.2)

 No

241 (6.9)

277 (8.0)

2331 (67.2)

1139 (32.8)

Alcohol use

 Yes

89 (8.3)

121 (11.3)

739 (69.1)

330 (30.9)

 No

180 (6.2)

230 (7.9)

1885 (64.6)

1032 (35.4)

Smoking

 Yes

10 (5.5)

13 (7.2)

131 (72.4)

50 (27.6)

 No

259 (6.8)

338 (8.9)

2494 (65.5)

1313 (34.5)

Khat chewing

 Yes

12 (7.5)

25 (15.7)

133 (83.6)

26 (16.4)

 No

257 (6.7)

326 (8.5)

2491 (65.1)

1336 (34.9)