Research Article

Depression and Anxiety among Patients with Type II Diabetes Mellitus in Chitwan Medical College Teaching Hospital, Nepal

Table 4

Association between anxiety and depression with selected sociodemographic and behavioral pattern of patients.

VariablesAnxietyχ2 valueDepressionχ2n = 296
NoYesNoYes value

Age group in year
 <4010 (58.8)7(41.2)12 (70.6)5 (29.4)6.2210.045
 40–6072 (47.7)79 (52.3)1.1220.57159 (39.1)92 (60.9)
 ≥6067 (52.3)61 (47.7)54 (42.2)74 (57.8)

Sex
 Female93 (52.8)83 (47.2)1.0880.29771 (40.3)105 (59.7)0.6350.426
 Male56 (46.7)64 (53.3)54 (45.0)66 (55.0)

Residence
 Rural53 (57.0)40 (43.0)45 (48.4)48 (51.6)2.1070.147
 Urban96 (47.3)107 (52.7)2.4000.12180 (39.4)123 (60.6)

Family type
 Nuclear58 (52.3)53 (47.7)0.2600.61048 (43.2)63 (56.8)0.0750.785
 Joint91 (49.2)94 (50.8)77 (41.6)108 (58.4)

Current living status
 Single28 (75.7)9 (24.3)10.8600.00124 (64.9)13 (35.1)8.8800.003
 With family121 (46.7)138 (53.3)101 (39.0)158 (61.0)

Educational status
 Illiterate44 (38.6)70 (61.4)10.2240.00133 (28.9)81 (71.1)13.408<0.001
 Literate105 (57.7)77 (42.3)92 (50.5)90 (49.5)

Occupation
 Agriculture54 (47.8)59 (52.2)43 (38.1)70 (61.9)
 Homemade work43 (55.1)35 (44.9)1.8000.61534 (43.6)44 (56.4)1.9840.576
 Service26 (54.2)22 (45.8)20 (41.7)28 (58.3)
 Business and others26 (45.6)31 (54.4)28 (49.1)29 (50.9)

Family income
 Insufficient35 (47.3)39 (52.7)2.0060.36730 (40.5)44 (59.5)1.4990.473
 Just sufficient80 (54.4)67 (45.6)67 (45.6)80 (54.4)
 Surplus34 (45.3)41 (54.7)28 (37.3)47 (62.7)

Impact of illness on work
 Yes46 (48.9)48 (51.1)0.1080.74230 (31.9)64 (68.1)6.0070.014
 No103 (51.0)99 (49.0)95 (47.0)107 (53.0)

Smoking habit
 Smoking14 (58.3)10 (41.7)0.9490.6228 (33.3)16 (66.7)10.5460.005
 Past smoker49 (47.6)54 (52.4)32 (31.1)71 (68.9)
 Never86 (50.9)83 (49.1)85 (50.3)84 (49.7)