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Table 4 Association between Beck Anxiety Inventory Score Level and different variables of Respondents

From: Anxiety and depression among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and general population in rural Nepal

Group/Variables

Anxiety scale

P value* (χ2)

Minimal anxiety

Mild anxiety

Moderate anxiety

Severe anxiety

Total

COPD Group

     

0.03

 Less than 60 years

0 (0%)

2 (8.0%)

7 (28%)

16 (64.0%)

25 (100%)

 Above 60 years

4 (5.9%)

11 (16.2%)

32 (47.1%)

21 (20.9%)

68 (100%)

Control Group

     

0.00

 Less than 60 years

45 (55.6%)

30 (37.0%)

6 (7.4%)

0 (0%)

81 (100%)

 Above 60 years

14 (58.3%)

2 (8.3%)

5 (20.8%)

3 (12.5%)

24 (100%)

COPD Group

     

0.8

 Male

2 (4.9%)

7 (17.1%)

17 (41.5%)

15 (36.6%)

41 (100%)

 Female

2 (3.8%)

6 (11.5%)

22 (42.3%)

22 (42.3%)

52 (100%)

Control Group

     

0.1

 Male

42 (53.8%)

27 (34.6%)

6 (7.7%)

3 (3.8%)

78 (100%)

 Female

17 (63.0%)

5 (18.5%)

5 (18.5%)

0 (0%)

27 (100%)

COPD Group

     

0.02

 Nuclear family

0 (0%)

5 (38.5%)

6 (46.2%)

2 (15.4%)

13 (100%)

 Joint family

4 (5.0%)

8 (10.0%)

33 (41.2%)

35 (43.8%)

80 (100%)

Control Group

     

0.001

 Nuclear family

24 (88.9%)

3 (11.1%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

27 (100%)

 Joint family

35 (44.9%)

29 (37.2%)

11 (14.1%)

3 (3.8%)

78 (100%)

COPD Group

     

0.32

 Illiterate

2 (2.6%)

10 (13.2%)

32 (42.1%)

32 (42.1%)

76 (100%)

 Literate

2 (11.8%)

3 (17.6%)

7 (41.2%)

5 (29.4%)

17 (100%)

Control Group

     

0.01

 Illiterate

20 (45.5%)

13 (29.5%)

8 (18.2%)

3 (6.8%)

44 (100%)

 Literate

39 (63.9%)

19 (31.1%)

3 (4.9%)

0 (0%)

61 (100%)

COPD Group

     

0.1

 Smoker

4 (4.5%)

11 (12.4%)

39 (43.8%)

35 (39.3%)

89 (100%)

 Non smoker

0 (0%)

2 (50.0%)

0 (0%)

2 (50.0%)

4 (100%)

Control Group

     

0.01

 Smoker

23 (52.3%)

10 (22.7%)

8 (18.2%)

3 (6.8%)

44 (100%)

 Non smoker

36 (59.0%)

22 (36.1%)

3 (4.9%)

0 (0%)

61 (100%)

  1. *Chi-square test was used