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

Table 5

Mean scores ± SD of GHQ-28 health subscales. One-way ANOVA showing differences among singles, married, and divorced/widowed.

GHQ-28 subscales	(𝑁=25)	(𝑁=108)	(𝑁=11)	𝑃 value
	Single; 𝑀 ± SD	Married; 𝑀 ± SD	Divorced/; Widowed; 𝑀 ± SD
Somatic symptoms	1.91 ± 0.54	1.74 ± 0.54	1.94 ± 0.57	NS**
Anxiety/; insomnia	1.74 ± 0.60	1.70 ± 0.65	1.76 ± 0.78	NS
Social dysfunction	2.29 ± 0.38	2.24 ± 0.48	2.44 ± 0.52	NS
Severe depression	1.32 ± 0.32	1.41 ± 0.66	2.19 ± 1.14	.00*
Total score	1.82 ± 0.38	1.77 ± 0.49	2.08 ± 0.64	NS

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