- Relation of MS patients’ socio-demographic data with their psychological health.
| Socio-demographic data | Psychological disorder | p-value | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | Depression | Anxiety | Depression & anxiety | ||||||
| No | (%) | No | (%) | No | (%) | No | (%) | ||
| Age in years | |||||||||
| 18-24 | 7 | (10.9) | 5 | (7.8) | 1 | (1.6) | 51 | (79.7) | .272$ |
| 25-34 | 26 | (9.4) | 20 | (7.2) | 7 | (2.5) | 224 | (80.9) | |
| 35-44 | 18 | (6.6) | 32 | (11.8) | 9 | (3.3) | 213 | (78.3) | |
| 45-54 | 4 | (4.2) | 7 | (7.4) | 6 | (6.3) | 78 | (82.1) | |
| > 55 | 3 | (10.0) | 5 | (16.7) | 0 | (0.0) | 22 | (73.3) | |
| Gender | |||||||||
| Male | 27 | (10.8) | 33 | (13.3) | 7 | (2.8) | 182 | (73.1) | .006* |
| Female | 31 | (6.3) | 36 | (7.4) | 16 | (3.3) | 406 | (83.0) | |
| Marital status | |||||||||
| Single | 17 | (6.4) | 26 | (9.8) | 5 | (1.9) | 216 | (81.8) | .043* |
| Married | 35 | (8.5) | 33 | (8.0) | 18 | (4.4) | 326 | (79.1) | |
| Divorced / widow | 6 | (9.7) | 10 | (16.1) | 0 | (0.0) | 46 | (74.2) | |
| Educational level | |||||||||
| Below secondary | 0 | (0.0) | 4 | (10.8) | 1 | (2.7) | 32 | (86.5) | .199$ |
| Secondary | 14 | (8.0) | 17 | (9.7) | 1 | (.6) | 143 | (81.7) | |
| University / above | 44 | (8.4) | 48 | (9.1) | 21 | (4.0) | 413 | (78.5) | |
| Employment | |||||||||
| Unemployed | 20 | (5.8) | 26 | (7.5) | 8 | (2.3) | 293 | (84.4) | .048* |
| Student | 9 | (13.4) | 6 | (9.0) | 1 | (1.5) | 51 | (76.1) | |
| Employed | 29 | (9.0) | 37 | (11.4) | 14 | (4.3) | 244 | (75.3) | |
| Monthly income | |||||||||
| < 5000 SR | 24 | (6.2) | 33 | (8.5) | 7 | (1.8) | 326 | (83.6) | .007* |
| 5000-10000 SR | 14 | (7.7) | 19 | (10.4) | 9 | (4.9) | 141 | (77.0) | |
| 10000-15000 SR | 11 | (9.9) | 7 | (6.3) | 4 | (3.6) | 89 | (80.2) | |
| > 15000 SR | 9 | (16.7) | 10 | (18.5) | 3 | (5.6) | 32 | (59.3) | |