Table 2 Association of depression with participants socio-demographic characteristics (Herat, Afghanistan-2022)
From: Depression and quality of life among Afghan healthcare workers: A cross-sectional survey study
Characteristic | Categories | Mental health | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Normal | Depressed | |||
N (%) | N (%) | |||
Age group | 18–28-year-old | 36 (24.2) | 113 (75.8) | 0.377 |
29–64-year-old | 43 (28.7) | 107 (71.3) | ||
Gender | Male | 47 (26.0) | 134 (74.0) | 0.825 |
Female | 32 (27.1) | 86 (72.9) | ||
Marital status | Single | 14 (19.2) | 59 (80.8) | 0.272 |
Married | 65 (29.1) | 158 (70.9) | ||
Widow | 0 (0.0) | 2 (100.0) | ||
Divorced | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100.0) | ||
Number of children | None | 26 (21.1) | 97 (78.9) | 0.166 |
1–5 child | 50 (30.9) | 112 (69.1) | ||
5–12 child | 3 (21.4) | 11 (78.6 | ||
Residency | Urban | 74 (27.3) | 197 (72.7) | 0.280 |
Rural | 5 (17.9) | 23 (82.1) | ||
Field of work | Doctors | 67 (32.1) | 142 (67.9) | 0.001 |
Others | 12 (13.3) | 78 (86.7) | ||
Economic status | High income | 32 (31.4) | 70 (68.6) | 0.056 |
Middle income | 44 (26.5) | 122 (73.5) | ||
Low income | 3 (9.7) | 28 (90.3) | ||
Monthly income | Less than $100 | 14 (9.7) | 131 (90.3) | < 0.001 |
$100–$200 | 8 (22.9) | 27 (77.1) | ||
$200–$300 | 22 (37.9) | 36 (62.1) | ||
$300–$400 | 17 (56.7) | 13 (43.3) | ||
$400–$500 | 5 (55.6) | 4 (44.4) | ||
$500–$600 | 7 (63.6) | 4 (36.4) | ||
More than $600 | 6 (54.5) | 5 (45.5) | ||
Job type | Private | 10 (9.7) | 93 (90.3) | < 0.001 |
Governmental | 69 (35.2) | 127 (64.8) | ||
Number of patients | Less than 30 | 47 (27.8) | 122 (72.2) | 0.650 |
31–50 | 15 (27.8) | 39 (72.2) | ||
More than 50 | 17 (22.4) | 59 (77.6) | ||
Cigarette smoking | Non-smoker | 68 (43.6) | 88 (56.4) | < 0.001 |
Ex-smoker | 9 (6.7) | 125 (93.3) | ||
Current smoker | 2 (22.2) | 7 (77.8) | ||
Bad event happened during last month | Yes | 24 (18.5) | 106 (81.5) | 0.001 |
No | 55 (32.5) | 114 (67.5) | ||
Total | 79 (26.4) | 220 (73.6) | ||