Psychosocial Functioning in Depressive Patients: A Comparative Study between Major Depressive Disorder and Bipolar Affective Disorder

Table 1

Comparison of sociodemographic profile in MDD and BAD patients.

Variable	MDD (𝑛=48)	BAD (𝑛=48)	𝑡/𝜒^2 (df)	𝑃 value
Age (Mean ± SD)	28.1±5.7	27.6±5.5	𝑡 = 0.46 (94)	0.649
Sex
Male	37	40	𝜒^2 = 0.59 (1)	0.442
Female	11	8
Marital status
Married	36	35	𝜒^2 = 2.41 (2)	0.389^†
Unmarried	10	13
Divorced/separated	2	0
Occupation
Unemployed (including house wives)	10	9	𝜒^2 = 0.18 (2)	0.914
Professional	19	18
Farmer/skilled worker/semiskilled worker/unskilled worker	19	21
Education
Up to middle	5	5	𝜒^2 = 0.19 (2)	0.910^†
Middle to Sr. secondary	25	23
Graduate/postgraduate	18	20
Income
Nil–6000	20	19	𝜒^2 = 1.53 (2)	0.812^†
6001–15000	25	28
>15000	3	1
Religion
Hindu	46	43	𝜒^2 = 1.39 (1)	0.435^†
Muslim	2	5
Family Type
Nuclear	23	26	𝜒^2 = 0.39 (2)	0.876^†
Nuclear extended	23	20
Others	2	2
Locality
Urban	32	28	𝜒^2 = 0.71 (1)	0.399
Rural	16	20

𝜒²: chi-square value; df: degree of freedom; ^†𝑃 value derived from Fisher’s exact test.