Research Article
Depression and Its Associated Factors among Diabetes Mellitus Patients Attending Selected Hospitals in Southwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of DM patients on follow-up in MTUTH and TGH, Southwest Ethiopia, July 2018 (
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| Variables | (%) | Depression | test | Yes (%) | No (%) | value |
| Age | | | | 0.11 | 18-30 | 54 (13.6) | 24 (44.4) | 30 (55.6) | 31-40 | 117 (29.4) | 37 (31.6) | 80 (68.4) | 41-50 | 160 (40.2) | 51 (31.9) | 109 (68.1) | 51+ | 67 (16.8) | 35 (52.2) | 32 (47.8) | Sex | | | | 0.10 | Male | 256 (64.3) | 102 (39.8) | 154 (60.2) | Female | 142 (35.7) | 45 (31.7) | 97 (68.3) | Religion | | | | 0.22 | Orthodox | 136 (34.2) | 47 (34.6) | 89 (65.4) | Protestants | 141 (35.4) | 49 (34.8) | 92 (65.2) | Muslim | 96 (24.1) | 37 (38.5) | 59 (61.5) | Others | 25 (6.3) | 14 (56.0) | 11 (44.0) | Marital status | | | | <0.001 | Married | 263 (66.1) | 73 (27.8) | 190 (72.2) | Single | 49 (12.3) | 34 (69.4) | 15 (30.6) | Divorced/widowed | 86 (21.6) | 40 (46.5) | 46 (53.5) | Ethnicity | | | | 0.001 | Kaficho | 106 (26.6) | 55 (51.9) | 51 (48.1) | Amhara | 101 (25.4) | 36 (35.6) | 65 (64.4) | Bench | 60 (15.1) | 18 (30.0) | 42 (70.0) | Shakacho | 50 (12.6) | 9 (18.0) | 41 (82.0) | Others | 80 (20.1) | 29 (35.8) | 52 (64.2) | Educational status | | | | 0.090 | No education | 106 (26.6) | 36 (34.0) | 70 (66.0) | Primary | 120 (30.2) | 54 (45.0) | 66 (55) | Secondary and above | 172 (43.2) | 57 (33.1) | 115 (66.9) | Residence | | | | 0.003 | Urban | 284 (71.4) | 118 (41.5) | 166 (58.5) | Rural | 114 (28.6) | 29 (25.4) | 85 (74.6) |
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