Prevalence of Depression in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes between 10 and 17 Years of Age in Jordan

Table 1

Differences in the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics between the 2 groups of patients in the study.

	Depression ()	Depression ()	value
Gender			0.069
Male	31 (53.4%)	18 (36.0%)
Female	27 (46.6%)	32 (64.0%)
Father’s age			0.409
<50 years	37 (63.8%)	28 (56.0%)
≥50 years	21 (36.2%)	22 (44.0%)
Dead	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Father’s education level			0.320
Less than high school	8 (13.8%)	4 (8.0%)
High school	17 (29.3%)	21 (42.0%)
Higher than high school	33 (56.9%)	25 (50.0%)
Mother’s age			0.232
<45 years	40 (69.0%)	27 (54.0%)
≥45 years	17 (29.3%)	22 (44.0%)
Dead	1 (1.7%)	1 (2.0%)
Mother’s education level			0.581
Less than high school	6 (10.3%)	10 (20.0%)
High school	24 (41.4%)	18 (36.0%)
Higher than high school	27 (46.6%)	21 (42.0%)
Dead	1 (1.7%)	1 (2.0%)
Place of residence			0.341
Capital Amman	44 (75.9%)	35 (70.0%)
Major city other than the capital	7 (12.1%)	4 (8.0%)
Countryside	7 (12.1%)	11 (22.0%)
Family monthly income (Jordanian dinars)			0.734
<400	11 (19.0%)	11 (22.0%)
400–800	40 (69.0%)	31 (62.0%)
>800	7 (12.1%)	8 (16.0%)
Number of siblings			0.542
≤4	49 (84.5%)	40 (80.0%)
>4	9 (15.5%)	10 (20.0%)

Chi-squared test ().