Table 3 Chronic illness and depressive symptoms
| Â | Chronic conditions | Demographics | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variables | Self-reported diabetes | Self-reported hypertension | Gender | Poverty level | ||||
Depression | Yes (n=69) | No (n=480) | Yes (n=75) | No (n=474) | Male | Female | APL | BPL |
Normal | 44 (63.77%) | 370 (77.08%) | 35 (46.67%) | 379 (79.96%) | 174 (84.9%) | 240 (69.8%) | 264 (80.5%) | 150 (67.9%) |
Mild | 15 (21.74%) | 47 (9.79%) | 19 (25.33%) | 43 (9.07%) | 18 (8.8%) | 44 (12.8%) | 34 (10.4%) | 28 (12.7%) |
Moderate | 4 (5.80%) | 42 (8.75%) | 9 (12.00%) | 37 (7.81%) | 8 (3.9%) | 38 (11%) | 25 (7.6%) | 21 (9.5%) |
Severe | 3 (4.35%) | 13 (2.71%) | 9 (12.00%) | 7 (1.48%) | 1 (0.5%) | 15 (4.4%) | 3 (0.9%) | 13 (5.9%) |
Extreme | 3 (4.35%) | 8 (1.67%) | 3 (4.00%) | 8 (1.69%) | 4 (0.2%) | 7 (0.2%) | 2 (0.6%) | 9 (4.1%) |