Tables
- TABLE 1
Socio-demographic characteristics
Gender
n (%)Education
n (%)Employment
n (%)Housing
n (%)Nicotine use
n (%)Alcohol use
n (%)Males: 27 (31.4)
Females: 59 (68.6)Illiterate: 21 (24.4)
Primary: 28 (32.6)
Pre-university: 8 (9.3)
Graduate: 29 (33.7)Unemployed: 22 (25.6)
Employed: 55 (64)
Student: 9 (10.5)Thatched house: 19 (22.1)
Tiled house: 33 (38.4)
Concrete house: 30 (34.9)
Two-storey house: 4 (4.7)41 (47.7) 34 (39.5) - TABLE 2
Prevalence of anxiety and depression at baseline and the changes during the follow-up visits
No anxiety
n (%)Anxiety
n (%)No depression
n (%)Depression
n (%)GAD-7
median (IQR)PHQ-9
median (IQR)First visit 65 (75.6) 21 (24.4) 68 (79.1) 18 (20.9) 6 (7.3) 7.5 (7) Second visit 81 (94.2) 5 (5.8) 80 (93) 6 (7) 3 (4.3) 3 (6) Third visit 85 (98.8) 1 (1.2) 84 (97.7) 2 (2.3) 1 (2) 1 (2.3) Cochran Q 23.1 32.0 p-value <0.001# <0.001# <0.001¶ <0.001¶ #Cochran Q test. ¶Friedman test; anxiety: GAD-7 score>11; depression: PHQ-9 score >11.
GAD-7: seven-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale; PHQ-9: Patient Health Questionnaire nine-item depression scale; IQR: interquartile range.
- TABLE 3
Association of psychological stress with other parameters
No anxiety
n (%)Anxiety
n (%)Chi-square p-value No depression
n (%)Depression
gn (%)Chi-square p-value Gender Male 43 (66.2) 16 (76.2) 0.74 0.38 45 (66.2) 14 (77.8) 0.88 0.34 Female 22 (33.8) 5 (23.8) 23 (33.8) 4 (22.2) Education# Illiterate 13 (20) 8 (38.1) – 0.06 16 (23.5) 5 (27.8) – 0.47 Primary schooling 19 (29.2) 9 (42.9) 21 (30.9) 7 (38.9) Pre-university 8 (12.3) 0 (0) 8 (11.8) 0 (0) Graduate 25 (38.5) 4 (19) 23 (33.8) 6 (33.3) Employment# Unemployed 16 (24.6) 6 (28.6) – 0.60 17 (25.0) 5 (27.8) – 0.74 Employed 41 (63.1) 14 (66.7) 43 (63.0) 12 (66.7) Student 8 (12.3) 1 (4.8) 8 (11.8) 1 (5.6) Smoking No 37 (56.9) 8 (38.1) 2.25 0.13 38 (55.9) 7 (38.9) 1.64 0.19 Yes 28 (43.1) 13 (61.9) 30 (44.1) 11 (61.1) Alcohol use No 43 (66.2) 9 (42.9) 3.60 0.05 45 (66.2) 7 (38.9) 4.43 0.03 Yes 22 (33.8) 12 (57.1) 23 (33.8) 11 (61.1) * Complications Nil 45 (69.2) 14 (66.7) – 0.84 46 (67.6) 13 (72.2) – 0.40 Gastritis 14 (21.5) 4 (19) 14 (20.6) 4 (22.2) Hepatitis 5 (7.7) 2 (9.5) 7 (10.3) 0 (0) Skin Rash 1 (1.5) 1 (4.8) 1 (1.5) 1 (5.6) #Fischer's exact test was done, as assumption of Chi-square was not met. *p<0.05 (two-tailed).
- TABLE 4
Mean WHOQOL-BREF scores at first and last visit
Domains First visit (mean±sd) Last visit (mean±sd) t-value# p-value Physical health 12.16±3.32 14.98±3.29 −9.95 <0.001 Psychological health 12.54±2.82 14.23±2.62 −5.54 <0.001 Social relationship 12.79±4.61 14.86±3.87 −4.93 <0.001 Environment health 12.25±3.80 15.31±3.63 −8.06 <0.001 Question 1 3.30±1.15 3.89±0.93 −5.00 <0.001 Question 2 3.15±1.12 3.72±1.03 −4.40 <0.001 #Paired t-test.
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