Skip to main content

Table 3 Socio-demographic, clinical, psychosocial and lifestyle characteristics of study population, (n = 1022)

From: Depression and anxiety symptoms in cardiac patients: a cross-sectional hospital-based study in a Palestinian population

Variable

n(%)

Socio-demographic factors

 Age, mean (SD)

58.9 ± 10.1

 Gender

  Female

272 (26.6)

  Male

750 (73.4)

 Marital status

  Married

926 (90.6)

  Not married

96 (9.4)

 Residence

  City

474 (46.4)

  Village

473 (46.3)

  Camp

75 (7.3)

 Education degree

  No HS diploma

600 (58.7)

  HS diploma

167 (16.3)

  College degree

255 (25.0)

 Occupation

  Professional

209 (20.5)

  Non-professional

307 (30.0)

  Unemployed

378 (37.0)

  Retired

81 (7.9)

  House wife

47 (4.6)

Clinical factors

 Cardiac diagnosis

  CAD

334 (32.7)

  MI

406 (39.7)

  Angina

162 (15.9)

  Other

120 (11.7)

 Previous cardiac diagnosis

  Yes

690 (67.5)

  No

332 (32.5)

 Years with cardiac disease

  ≤ 1 year

628 (61.5)

  2–9 years

255 (24.9)

  ≥ 10 years

139 (13.6)

 Cardiac treatment (at admission)

  CATH/stent

534 (52.2)

  CATH/CABG

240 (23.5)

  CATH/other & unknown

248 (24.3)

 Co-morbidities

  None

299 (29.3)

  One

303 (29.6)

  Two or more

420 (41.1)

 Medications

  None

132 (12.9)

  1–2

152 (14.9)

  3–4

738 (72.2)

 Somatic symptoms (PHQ-15)

  Minimal

91 (8.9)

  Low

241 (23.6)

  Medium

314 (30.7)

  High

376 (36.8)

 Family history

  Yes

614 (60.1)

  No

408 (39.9)

 QoL, (SF-12-PCS score), mean (SD)

37.6 ± 12.4

Psychosocial factors

 PTSD (PTSD-PCL-S)

  Minimal

611 (59.7)

  Some

95 (9.3)

  Moderate

253 (24.8)

  High

63 (6.2)

 Social support (ESSI)

  Low

364 (35.6)

  High

658 (64.4)

 Resilience (RS)

  Very low

92 (9.0)

  Low

103 (10.1)

  Low-end

204 (20.0)

  Moderate

257 (25.1)

  Moderately-high

274 (26.8)

  High

92 (9.0)

 Self-esteem (SE) score, mean (SD)

5.8 ± 1.4

 QoL,(SF-12-MCS score), mean (SD)

39.7 ± 13.2

Lifestyle factors

 Smoking status

  Never

364 (35.6)

  Former

170 (16.6)

  Current

488 (47.8)

 Currently on diet

  Yes

170 (16.6)

  No

852 (83.4)

 Fat consumption

  Low

480 (47.0)

  Medium

323 (31.6)

  High

219 (21.4)

 Vegetable & fruit consumption

  Low

102 (10.0)

  Medium

353 (34.5)

  High

567 (55.5)

 Alcohol use, (n = 1019)

  Yes

49 (4.8)

  No

973 (95.2)

 Physical activity

  None

337 (33.0)

  Not daily

189 (18.5)

  Daily

496 (48.5)

  1. Note. HS High school, MI Myocardial infarction, CAD Coronary artery disease, CATH Catheterization, CABG Coronary artery bypass graft, CVD Cardiovascular disease, PHQ-15 Patient health questionnaire-15, PCS Physical component summary, QoL Quality of life, SD Standard deviation, PTSD Post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD-PCL-S Post-traumatic stress disorder checklist, ESSI ENRICHD social support instrument, RS-14 Resilience scale-14, MCS Mental component summary, BMI Body mass index