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Table 3 PHQ − 9 Scores (Mean and Standard deviation-SD) with p-value from ANOVA 0.3

From: Depression among patients with chronic kidney disease, associated factors, and predictors: a cross-sectional study

  

PHQ-9 Score

 

Variable

n

Mean

SD

p-value

Gender

    

 Male

175

11.7

3.38

 

 Female

130

11.8

3.25

0.203

Age

    

 < 40

13

10.7

1.65

 

 40–50

30

11.8

3.08

 

 51–60

52

11.3

3.21

 

 61–70

115

11.4

3.48

 

 > 70

91

12.8

3.37

0.951

Ethnicity

    

 Afro-Trinbagonian

57

11.6

3.36

 

 Indo-Trinbagonian

232

11.9

3.37

 

 Mixed

16

11.1

3.03

0.567

Family support

    

 No

10

14.9

4.38

 

 Yes

296

11.7

3.26

0.014

Social support

    

 No

17

13.12

3.95

 

 Yes

287

11.7

3.30

0.140

Financial support

    

 None

3

13.0

6.08

 

 Self

64

10.7

2.93

 

 Government assistance

176

12.0

3.30

 

 Public assistance

9

15.2

2.99

 

 Savings

22

11.9

3.31

 

 Children

15

13.6

3.94

 

 Other

16

9.9

2.11

0.924

Diagnosed with CKD

    

 No

9

14.8

3.83

 

 Yes

283

11.8

3.33

0.316

How long since CKD (years)

    

 < 1 year

8

14.4

3.93

 

 1–5

61

13.6

3.37

 

 6–10

27

14.0

3.60

 

 >10

7

15.7

6.90

0.040

With whom lived

    

 Alone

17

13.6

3.41

 

 Spouse

151

10.5

2.29

 

 Children

62

12.6

3.41

 

 Spouse and children

44

15.1

3.91

 

 Other

29

10.8

2.85

0.042

Highest level of education

    

 Primary school

133

13.1

3.87

 

 Secondary school

112

11.1

2.62

 

 Tertiary

14

11.3

2.49

0.195

Monthly Income ($TT)

    

 Under 3000

28

14.1

3.37

 

 3000–5000

86

14.4

3.61

 

 > 5000

10

12.0

4.14

0.478

Employment

    

 Employed

39

10.25

2.13

 

 No recent job

83

11.1

2.57

 

 Never employed

35

11.4

3.13

 

 Retired

120

12.4

3.54

 

 Lost job

20

15.3

4.45

0.384

Overall

306

11.8

3.34

NA

  1. PHQ: Patient Health Questionnaire; CKD: chronic kidney disease; and SD: standard deviation