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

Table 4

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

GHQ-28 subscales	(𝑁=87)	(𝑁=57)	𝑃 value
	Years of education; (<9); 𝑀± SD	Years of education; (>9); 𝑀 ± SD
Somatic symptoms	1.81 ± 0.55	1.74 ± 0.54	NS**
Anxiety/insomnia	1.82 ± 0.69	1.54 ± 0.54	.01*
Social dysfunction	2.30 ± 0.49	2.20 ± 0.43	NS
Severe depression	1.57 ± 0.79	1.29 ± 0.50	.01*
Total score	1.88 ± 0.53	1.70 ± 0.41	.03*

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