From: Depression and quality of life in children with sickle cell disease: the effect of social support
Variable | Group I (N = 60) | Group II (N = 60) | Significance | CI (95%) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M | SD | M | SD | t | p | ||
Age | 11.93 | 1.72 | 11.77 | 1.96 | 0.35 | 0.7 | −0.78 – 1.12 |
Range | (10–15) | (9–15) |  |  |  | ||
 | N | % | N | % | χ2 | p |  |
Gender | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.31 | 0.5 | Â |
Male | 24 | 40 | 27 | 45 | Â | Â | Â |
Female | 36 | 60 | 33 | 55 | Â | Â | Â |
Nationality | Â | Â | Â | Â | 1.22 | 0.2 | Â |
Saudi | 29 | 48.3 | 23 | 38.3 | Â | Â | Â |
Non-Saudi | 31 | 51.7 | 37 | 61.7 | |||
Education | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.27 | 0.6 | Â |
Elementary schoo | 34 | 56.6 | 39 | 65 | Â | Â | Â |
Intermediate school | 26 | 43.4 | 21 | 35 | Â | Â | Â |
Academic performance | Â | Â | Â | Â | 4.36 | 0.03* | Â |
Good | 44 | 73.3 | 53 | 88.3 | Â | Â | Â |
Poor | 16 | 26.7 | 7 | 11.7 | Â | Â | Â |
Family income per month | Â | Â | Â | Â | 3.3 | 0.1 | Â |
<SR.3000 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 11.6 | Â | Â | Â |
SR.3000-5000 | 29 | 48.3 | 21 | 35 | Â | Â | Â |
>SR.5000 | 22 | 36.7 | 32 | 53.4 | Â | Â | Â |