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Table 1 Comparison of socio-demographic characteristics of chronic disease patients with and without anxiety and depressive symptoms

From: Utilization of traditional, complementary and alternative medicine and mental health among patients with chronic diseases in primary health care settings in Cambodia

Socio-demographic characteristics

Total anxiety score

Total depression score

< 8

≥ 8

P value*

< 8

≥ 8

P value*

Age

  

0.004

  

< 0.001

 21–30

198 (35.4)

361 (64.6)

 

153 (27.4)

406 (72.6)

 

 31–40

4 (16.7)

20 (83.3)

 

4 (16.7)

20 (83.3)

 

 41–50

73 (26.6)

201 (73.4)

 

21 (7.7)

253 (92.3)

 

 51–60

97 (25.8)

279 (74.2)

 

20 (5.3)

356 (94.7)

 

 > 60

21 (27.5)

214 (72.5)

 

9 (3.1)

286 (96.9)

 

Sex

  

< 0.001

  

0.69

 Male

152 (43.6)

197 (56.4)

 

45 (12.9)

304 (87.1)

 

 Female

301 (25.5)

878 (81.7)

 

162 (13.7)

1017 (86.3)

 

Marital status

  

0.001

  

< 0.001

 Never married

51 (44.0)

65 (56.0)

 

50 (43.1)

66 (56.9)

 

 Married

342 (29.5)

817 (70.5)

 

144 (12.4)

1015 (87.6)

 

 Separated/divorced

14 (21.5)

51 (78.5)

 

8 (12.3)

58 (87.7)

 

 Widowed

46 (24.5)

142 (75.5)

 

5 (2.7)

183 (97.3)

 

Formal education completed

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

 No schooling

104 (22.1)

366 (77.9)

 

35 (7.4)

435 (92.6)

 

 1–5 years

147 (28.6)

367 (71.4)

 

55 (10.7)

459 (89.3)

 

 6–9 years

120 (35.8)

216 (64.3)

 

54 (16.1)

282 (83.9)

 

 10–12 years

53 (34.4)

101 (65.6)

 

27 (17.5)

127 (82.5)

 

 Higher education

27 (53.7)

26 (46.3)

 

36 (66.7)

18 (33.3)

 

Current employment

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

 Housewife/homemaker

217 (29.6)

577 (70.4)

 

72 (9.8)

662 (90.2)

 

 Unemployed/retired

13 (24.1)

41 (75.9)

 

6 (11.1)

48 (88.9)

 

 Employed

106 (35.6)

192 (64.4)

 

36 (12.1)

262 (87.9)

 

 Self-employed

69 (33.7)

136 (66.3)

 

51 (24.9)

154 (75.1)

 

 Students

23 (43.4)

30 (56.6)

 

32 (60.4)

21 (39.6)

 

 Other

25 (13.6)

159 (86.4)

 

10 (5.4)

174 (94.6)

 

Main source of household income

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

 Formal salary

47 (34.6)

89 (65.4)

 

9 (6.6)

127 (93.4)

 

 Family support

261 (31.1)

578 (68.9)

 

125 (14.9)

714 (85.1)

 

 NGO support

59 (43.4)

77 (56.6)

 

46 (33.8)

90 (66.2)

 

 Government support

18 (29.0)

44 (71.0)

 

14 (22.6)

48 (77.4)

 

 Other

68 (19.2)

287 (80.8)

 

13 (3.7)

342 (96.3)

 

Type of neighborhood

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

 Rural

237 (24.9)

713 (75.1)

 

34 (3.6)

916 (96.4)

 

 Urban

216 (37.4)

362 (62.6)

 

173 (29.9)

405 (70.1)

 
  1. Values are number of cases (%) for categorical variables and mean (± SD) for continuous variables
  2. SD standard deviation
  3. * Chi square test was used for categorical variables and t test for continuous variables