Prevalence of depression in Parkinson’s disease patients in Ethiopia

Table 2 Depression Vs Parkinson’s disease characteristics of study subjects, Black Lion Hospital and Zewuditu Memorial Hospital

Variables	Depressed	Non-depressed	Crude OR	P-value
Handedness
Right	56	43	ref	0.51
Left	2	-	undetermined
Total	58	43
Age
<50	11	8	1.38(0.44-4.27)	0.78
50-59	9	10	0.9(0.30-2.77)	1.0
60-69	17	17	ref	0.18
70-79	17	7	2.43(0.80-7.35)	0.35
80 and above	4	1	4.0(0.40-39.58)
Total	58	43
Gender
Female	18	13	1.04(0.44-2.45)	1.0
Male	40	30	ref
Total	58	43
Marital status
Married	39	36	ref
Separated/divorced	6	-	undefined	0.03
Widowed	13	7	1.71(0.62-4.78)	0.33
Total	58	43
Employment
Employed	12	14	0.54 (0.22-1.33)	0.25
Unemployed	46	29	ref
Total	58	43
Education
No formal education	29	13	ref
Primary	18	10	0.80(0.29-2.22)	0.80
Secondary	6	12	0.22(0.07-0.73)	0.02
More than secondary	5	8	0.28(0.08-1.02)	0.06
Total	58	43	0.28(0.08-1.02)	0.06
Annual income(USD)			ref
<300	33	12	0.4(0.14-1.07)	0.08
300-600	14	13	0.26(0.07-0.98)	0.08
600-900	5	7
>900	6	11	0.2(0.06-0.66)	0.01
Total	58	43
Recent major life events
Yes	4	1	3.11(0.34-28.88)	0.39
No	54	42	ref
Total	58	43
Previous history of depression
Yes	2	-	undefined	0.5
No	56	43	ref
Total	58	43
First degree family history of depression
Yes	3	2	1.12(0.18-7.00)	1.0
No	55	41	ref
Total	58	43
Age at onset
<50	15	15	0.6(0.22-1.65)	0.44
50-59	20	12	ref
60-69	12	13
>70	11	3	0.55(0.19-1.60)	0.30
Total	58	43	2.2(0.51-9.51)	0.33
Medication(s) taken/taking
Medication(s) taken/taking			ref	0.12
Carbidopa-Levodopa			0.32(0.09-1.16)
Yes	54	35
No	4	8
Trihexyphenidyl
Yes	29	19	1.26(0.57-2.79)	0.69
No	29	24	ref
Antidepressant
Yes	1	2	0.36(0.03-4.10)	0.57
No	57	41	ref
Co-morbid medical condition(s)
Yes	21	9	0.19-1.16	0.12
No	37	34	ref
Total	58	43

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