Research Article
Depression and Anxiety among Patients with Type II Diabetes Mellitus in Chitwan Medical College Teaching Hospital, Nepal
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of patients.
| Sociodemographic characteristics | n = 296 | Number (%) |
| Age groups in years | | <40 | 12 (4.1) | 40–60 | 140 (47.3) | ≥60 | 144 (48.6) | Mean±SD = 59.50 ± 11.72; min. age: 25 years; max. age: 90 | |
| Sex | | Female | 178 (59.5) | Male | 120 (40.5) |
| Religion | | Hindu | 251 (84.8) | Other than Hindu© | 45 (15.2) |
| Caste | | Bramin | 99 (33.4) | Chhetri | 47 (15.9) | Janajati | 117 (39.5) | Dalit and Madhesi | 33 (11.1) |
| Residence | | Rural | 93 (31.4) | Urban | 203(68.6) |
| Family type | | Nuclear | 111 (37.5) | Joint | 185 (62.5) |
| Marital status | | Unmarried | 5 (1.7) | Married (husband/wife together) | 243 (82.3) | Widow/widower | 46 (15.5) | Divorce and others | 2 (0.7) |
| Current living status | | Alone | 37 (12.5) | With family | 259 (87.5) |
| Educational level | | Illiterate | 114 (38.5) | Literate | 118 (39.9) | Primary | 33 (11.1) | Secondary and above | 31 (10.5) |
| Occupation | | Agriculture | 113 (38.2) | Household work | 78 (26.4) | Service | 48 (16.2) | Business | 32 (10.8) | Others (daily wages) | 25 (8.5) |
| Family income | | Insufficient | 74 (25.0) | Just sufficient | 147 (49.7) | Surplus | 75 (25.3) |
| Impact of illness to quit the job | | Yes | 94 (31.8) | No | 202 (68.2) |
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©Including Buddhists, Christians, Muslims, Kirats, and others.
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