Research Article

Anxiety and Depression among Patients with Coronary Artery Disease Attending at a Cardiac Center, Kathmandu, Nepal

Table 5

Association of level of depression with different variables.

Variables Level of depression2p-value
No depression
n()
Borderline depression
n ()
Depression caseness n(

Living with
Spouse76(56.3)36(26.7)23(17.0)18.748<0.001
Single8(24.2)8(24.2)17(51.5)
Education status
Literate64(61.5)25(24.0)15(14.4)17.854<0.001
Iliterate20(31.2)19(29.7)25(39.1)
Level of education
Up to secondary16(43.2)13(35.1)8(21.6)8.1290.017
Above secondary48(71.6)12(17.9)7(10.4)
Occupation status (n= 106)
Housework11(34.4)10(31.2)11(34.4)23.6160.001
Agriculture6(27.3)7(31.8)9(40.9)
Service21(77.8)4(14.8)2(7.4)
Business18(72.0)5(20.0)2(8.0)
Presence of co morbidities7.2330.027
Yes35(41.7)22(26.2)27(32.1)
No49(58.3)22(26.2)13(15.5)
Family history of CAD0.4820.786
Yes11(55.0)4(20.0)5(25.0)
No73(49.3)40(27.0)35(23.6)

Significance level at 0.05. Likelihood ratio.