Quality of Life and Psychiatric Comorbidities among Subjects Practicing Artificial Skin Depigmentation in 2020 in the City of Cotonou (Benin)
Table 3
Distribution of the depression score among 330 subjects undergoing artificial skin depigmentation in the city of Cotonou in 2020 according to sociodemographic data, the number and monthly cost of lightening cosmetics used, and the number of skin complications.
Depression (%)
P value
Absent
Doubtful
Certain
n = 160
n = 151
n = 19
Age (years)
0.03
15–20
17.5
5.4
0
20–25
11.2
16.6
21.1
25–30
23.8
19.9
10.5
30–35
13.8
13.2
10.5
35–40
10.6
15.2
26.3
40–45
10
7.9
5.3
45–50
9.3
6.6
10.5
50 and more
3.8
15.2
15.8
Total
100
100
100
Gender
0.179
Female
65.6
74.2
78.9
Male
34.4
25.8
21.1
Total
100
100
100
Marital status
0.006
Single
46.9
39.7
31.6
Married
27.5
23.8
21
Divorced
3
11.3
21.1
Widow
1.3
7.3
10.5
Civil partnership
21.3
17.9
15.8
Total
100
100
100
Level of education
0.03
Unschooled
5.6
0.7
5.3
Literate
10.6
8.6
0
Primary
8.8
9.2
10.5
Secondary
45.6
35.8
31.6
High
29.4
45.7
52.6
Total
100
100
100
Occupation
<0.001
Wage earners
17.5
24.5
52.6
Entrepreneur
8.1
14.6
10.5
Retired
0.6
5.3
0
Shopkeepers
20
15.9
31.6
Craftsman
21.3
11.9
0
Housewife
10
8.6
0
Secondary education student
13.1
2
0
Higher education student
9.4
17.2
5.3
Total
100
100
100
Number of lightening products
<0.001
One
8.1
4.6
5.3
Two
55
32.5
10.5
Three
27.5
43.7
31.6
More than three
9.4
19.2
52.6
Total
100
100
100
Number of skin complications
<0.001
None
4.4
4.6
10.5
One
22.5
2
0
Two
32.5
31.8
21.1
More than two
40.6
61.6
68.4
Total
100
100
100
Monthly cost of lightening products (FCFA)
<0.001
0–5000
24.4
12.6
0
5000–10000
46.2
31.8
10.5
10000–20000
21.9
45.7
63.2
20000 and more
7.5
9.9
26.3
Total
100
100
100
The bold values represent the proportions of the variables that are significantly associated with depression.
