Research Article
Stresses and Disability in Depression across Gender
Table 2
Comparison of duration of stress and illness characteristics across gender.
| | Illness characteristic | Females | Males | “” by -test and statistical significance |
| Mean duration of total illness (months) (S.D.)
Females (), males () | 29.36 (34.41) | 37.07 (50.15) | 0.348
Not significant | Mean duration of current episode (months) (S.D.)
Females (), males () | 12.83 (22.13) | 10.73 (12.65) | 0.581
Not significant | Mean duration of stress (months) (S.D.)
Females (), males () | 64.3 (85.35) | 22.32 (40.12) | 0.004
Highly significant | Mean of total number of episodes (S.D.)
Females (), males () | 1.37 (0.74) | 1.40 (0.78) | 0.840
Not significant | Mean Paykel suicidal ideation score (S.D.)
Females (), males () | 1.03 (0.91) | 1.12 (0.90) | 0.612
Not significant | Mean HDRS (S.D.)
Females (), males () | 21.07 (5.26) | 20.93 (6.36) | 0.896
Not significant | Mean HDRS (S.D.) [after treatment]
Females (), males () | 11.4 (7.18) | 11.86 (9.80) | 0.173
Not significant | Past history of suicide attempt (before treatment group)
Females (), males () | 11 (16.7) | 7 (17.0) | Chi-square = 0.0446
Not significant | Past history of suicide attempt (after treatment group)
Females (), males () | 7 (28) | 4 (26.6) | Chi-square = 0.0752
Not significant |
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