Research Article

Sociodemographic and Clinical Variables of Depression among Patients with Epilepsy in a Neuropsychiatric Hospital in Nigeria

Table 1

Comparison of the sociodemographic characteristics of the depressed and nondepressed study groups ().

VariableDepression group (%) ()No depression group ()D. F value

Age in years
Mean (S.D)30.37 (8.35)28.60 (9.34)3980.60
Gender
 Male19 (7.1)247
 Female16 (11.9)11810.08
Occupation by
Social class13 (8.2)146
 Unemployed/social class (others)22 (9.1)21910.86
Marital status
 Married15 (8.6)159
 Others20 (8.8)20610.94
Educational status
 Western10 (6.6)141
 Education/NIL25 (10.0)22410.24
Ethnicity
 Hausa26 (7.4)32710.01
 Others9 (10.0)38
Religion
 Islam34 (8.6)360
 Christianity1 (16.7)510.43