Subthreshold Depression and Clinically Significant Depression in an Italian Population of 70–74-Year-Olds: Prevalence and Association with Perceptions of Self
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics in elderly subjects with subthreshold depression (SD), with clinically significant depression (D), and without depression (noD).
SD ()
D ()
noD ()
Age, (years)
0.013
Gender, (%)
<0.0001
Male
52 (26%)
11 (19%)
519 (52%)
Female
145 (74%)
59 (81%)
468 (48%)
Education, (%)
0.266
≤5 years
122 (62%)
42 (60%)
545 (55%)
>5 years
75 (38%)
28 (40%)
442 (45%)
Marital status, (%)
<0.0001
Coupled
106 (54%)
36 (51%)
706 (71%)
Single/uncoupled
91 (46%)
34 (49%)
281 (29%)
Living situation, (%)
<0.0001
Living with spouse and/or others
124 (63%)
41 (59%)
761 (77%)
Living alone
73 (37%)
29 (41%)
226 (23%)
Primary lifetime occupation, (%)
<0.0001
Housewife
34 (17%)
25 (36%)
124 (13%)
Blue collar worker
95 (48%)
28 (40%)
504 (51%)
White collar worker
68 (35%)
17 (24%)
359 (36%)
values are for or Kruskal-Wallis rank test or Pearson’s chi-square test.
