Research Article
Factors Associated with Depression among Heart Failure Patients at Cardiac Follow-Up Clinics in Northwest Ethiopia, 2017: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of participants attending cardiac follow-up clinics at Amhara Region, Northwest Ethiopia, 30 March to 15 May 2017(n=403).
| Variables | Categories | Frequency | Percent (%) |
| Age in years | 18-27 | 52 | 12.9 | 28-37 | 46 | 11.4 | 38-47 | 64 | 15.9 | 48-57 | 58 | 14.4 | 58+ | 183 | 45.4 | Marital status | Single | 49 | 12.2 | Married | 268 | 66.5 | Divorced | 31 | 7.7 | Widowed | 55 | 13.6 | Living Status | Alone | 53 | 13.2 | With family | 342 | 84.9 | ā | With no family | 8 | 2.0 | Educational Background | Unable to read and write | 183 | 45.4 | Can read and write | 83 | 20.6 | Primary school | 71 | 17.6 | High school and above | 66 | 16.4 | Occupation | Governmental employee | 40 | 9.9 | Merchant | 54 | 13.4 | Housewife | 107 | 26.5 | Farmer | 172 | 42.6 | Day laborer | 30 | 7.3 | Monthly income | 586-1650 | 157 | 39 | 1651-3145 | 119 | 29.5 | 3146-5195 | 26 | 6.5 | 5196-7758 | 8 | 2.0 | 7759-10833 | 9 | 2.2 | >10833 | 1 | 0.2 |
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