Depression and Anxiety in Patients with Chronic Renal Failure: The Effect of Sociodemographic Characteristics

Table 3

Mean scores ± SD of GHQ-28 health subscales and depression. Independent samples 𝑡-test demonstrating differences between the two categories of age.

	(𝑁=24)	(𝑁=120)	𝑃 value
	Age; (<45 years); 𝑀 ± SD	Age; (>45 years); 𝑀 ± SD
GHQ-28 subscales
Somatic symptoms	1.76 ± 0.55	1.79 ± 0.55	NS**
Anxiety/insomnia	1.81 ± 0.63	1.69 ± 0.65	NS
Social dysfunction	2.04 ± 0.45	2.30 ± 0.46	.01*
Severe depression	1.35 ± 0.36	1.48 ± 0.75	NS
Total score	1.74 ± 0.37	1.82 ± 0.51	NS
CES-D
Depression	6.62 ± 3.24	13.58 ± 11.89	.00*

* 𝑃<.05; 𝑁=144.
**NS: not significant.