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Table 3 Association of depression and its severity with socio-demographic variables of patients with PTB in the Southwest Region of Cameroon, 2015

From: Prevalence and correlates of depressive symptoms in adult patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in the Southwest Region of Cameroon

Variable

Severity of depression, N (%)

p-value

 

None

Mild

Moderate

 

Sex

 Male

69 (53.5)

39 (30.2)

21 (16.3)

<0.001

 Female

34 (25.0)

58 (42.8)

44 (32.4)

Age

 21–30

29 (10.9)

20 (7.5 %)

18 (6.8)

<0.001

 31–40

38 (14.3)

44 (16.6)

20 (7.5)

 41–50

22 (8.3)

14 (5.3)

26 (9.8)

  > 51

14 (5.3)

19 (7.2)

1 (0.4)

Living alone

 Yes

15 (5.7)

16 (6)

29 (10.9)

0.16

 No

88 (33.2)

81 (30.6)

36 (13.6)