Prevalence and Associated Factors of Depression among Admitted Adult Patients in Surgical and Medical Wards of Saint Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Table 1

Distributions of sociodemographics of participants admitted in medical and surgical wards at SPHMMC, 2019 ().

Variables	Category	Frequency	Percent
Age	Mean and SD	39.71 (±14.94)
Sex	Male	301	51
	Female	289	49
Residence	Urban	345	58.5
	Rural	245	41.5
Marital status	Married	276	46.8
	Single	231	39.2
	Divorced	39	6.6
	Widowed/separated	44	7.5
Ethnicity	Amhara	248	42.0
	Oromo	254	43.1
	Gurage	58	9.8
	Others	30	5.1
Religion	Orthodox	329	55.8
	Protestant	126	21.4
	Muslim	105	17.8
	Catholic and others	30	5.1
Educational level	Unable to read and write	219	37.1
	Can read and write only	92	15.6
	Primary school	152	25.8
	Secondary school	84	14.2
	Above diploma	43	7.3
Jobs	Farmer	145	24.6
	Housewife	114	19.3
	Merchant	35	5.9
	Governmental employer	62	10.5
	Private	111	18.8
	Student	36	6.1
	Daily worker	87	14.7
Living condition	With husband or wife	276	46.8
	With family	100	16
	With relatives	35	5.9
	Alone	145	24.6
	With others	34	5.8
Monthly income	≤1627	377	63.9
	>1627	213	36.1

Others: with their children; others: Tigre, Wolayta, and Silte.