02 March 2023>: Clinical Research
Demographic and Clinical Factors Associated with Depression in 140 Hospitalized Diabetic Patients with Distal Symmetric Polyneuropathy Evaluated Using Beck Depression Inventory and 6-Item Neuropathy Total Symptom Score Questionnaire
Piotr Dziemidok 1ABCDEF* , Daria Gorczyca-Siudak 1CDEF , Marta Makara-Studzińska 2ADFDOI: 10.12659/MSM.939043
Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e939043
Table 1 Characteristics of selected social variables in diabetic patients.
Social characteristics | Number | Percent | |
---|---|---|---|
Gender | Males | 80 | 57% |
Females | 60 | 43% | |
Place of residence | Urban area | 101 | 72% |
Rural area | 39 | 28% | |
Education level | Primary school | 9 | 6.5% |
Vocational education | 49 | 35% | |
Secondary school | 58 | 41.5% | |
University | 24 | 17% | |
Type of occupational activity | Does not work | 98 | 70% |
Manual | 17 | 12% | |
Intellectual | 25 | 18% | |
Receiving sickness allowance | No | 88 | 63% |
Yes | 52 | 37% | |
Receiving retirement pension | No | 86 | 61% |
Yes | 54 | 39% | |
Actual tobacco smoking | No | 121 | 86% |
Yes | 19 | 14% |