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Table 2 Association between the sociodemographic and clinical variables and depression and anxiety

From: Association between self-care agency and depression and anxiety in patients with diabetic retinopathy

Variable

Depression

Anxiety

Ā 

Mean (SD)

P

Mean (SD)

P

Gender

ā€ƒFemale

7.2 (4.0)

0.95

8.4 (3.9)

0.08

ā€ƒMale

7.1 (3.7)

Ā 

7.1 (3.6)

Ā 

Education

ā€ƒā€‰<ā€‰9 y

7.5 (3.8)

0.24

8.1 (4.2)

0.16

ā€ƒā€‰ā‰„ā€‰9 y

6.6 (3.8)

Ā 

7.1 (3.0)

Ā 

Marital status

ā€ƒMarried

7.1 (3.9)

0.79

7.9 (3.9)

0.25

ā€ƒOthers

7.5 (2.8)

Ā 

6.3 (3.0)

Ā 

Residence

ā€ƒUrban

5.7 (3.3)

0.00*

6.9 (2.9)

0.02*

ā€ƒRural

8.4 (3.9)

Ā 

8.5 (4.4)

Ā 

History of smoking

ā€ƒY

7.3 (4.1)

0.74

7.2 (3.7)

0.28

ā€ƒN

7.1 (3.7)

Ā 

8.1 (3.9)

Ā 

History of hypertension

ā€ƒY

7.9 (3.7)

0.00*

8.1 (3.5)

0.17

ā€ƒN

5.6 (3.7)

Ā 

7.0 (4.3)

Ā 

Family history of DM

ā€ƒY

7.5 (3.7)

0.38

7.5 (3.7)

0.51

ā€ƒN

6.8 (3.9)

Ā 

8.0 (3.9)

Ā 

VI

ā€ƒMild or no VI

5.2 (2.4)

0.04*

6.3 (2.2)

0.29

ā€ƒModerate or severer VI

7.5 (3.6)

Ā 

7.8 (3.9)

Ā 

Continuous variables

ā€ƒAge

-0.14a

0.16

-0.01a

0.95

ā€ƒHbA1c

-0.02b

0.84

āˆ’0.07 b

0.49

ā€ƒBP

ā€ƒā€ƒSystolic

0.00 a

0.99

āˆ’0.18 a

0.07

ā€ƒā€ƒDiastolic

0.02 a

0.87

0.24 a

0.01*

ā€ƒDuration of DM

āˆ’0.05 b

0.60

0.03 b

0.75

ā€ƒDuration of VI

0.06 b

0.56

āˆ’0.05 b

0.59

ā€ƒESCA total score

āˆ’0.31 a

0.00*

āˆ’0.16 a

0.11

ā€ƒā€ƒSelf-concept

āˆ’0.23 b

0.02*

āˆ’0.11 b

0.26

ā€ƒā€ƒSelf-nursing responsibility

āˆ’0.17 b

0.09

āˆ’0.08 b

0.42

ā€ƒā€ƒSelf-care skills

āˆ’0.40 b

0.00*

āˆ’0.29 b

0.00*

ā€ƒā€ƒHealth knowledge level

āˆ’0.28 a

0.00*

āˆ’0.11 a

0.27

  1. a Pearson correlation; b Spearman correlation; * Pā€‰<ā€‰0.05; y: year; HbA1c: hemoglobin A1c; BP: blood pressure; DM: diabetes mellitus; HADS-D: hospital anxiety and depression scale - depression; HADS-A: hospital anxiety and depression scale ā€“ anxiety; ESCA: the exercise of self-care agency scale