Table 1 Socio-demographics, health-related characteristics, and mental health status of respondents (N = 6531).
From: Mental distress along the cascade of care in managing hypertension
Age mean (SD) | 58.81 (11.61) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Variables | ||||
Age group | Gender | |||
Male | Female | |||
n | % | n | % | |
35–49 | 632 | 21.7 | 795 | 22.0 |
50–59 | 819 | 28.1 | 1218 | 33.7 |
60–69 | 932 | 32.0 | 909 | 25.1 |
70 and above | 532 | 18.3 | 694 | 19.2 |
Variables | n | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age group | ||||
35–49 | 1427 | 21.8 | ||
50–59 | 2037 | 31.2 | ||
60–69 | 1841 | 28.2 | ||
70 and above | 1226 | 18.8 | ||
Gender | ||||
Male | 2915 | 44.6 | ||
Female | 3616 | 55.4 | ||
Ethnicity | ||||
Malay | 4142 | 63.4 | ||
Chinese | 1655 | 25.3 | ||
Indian | 604 | 9.2 | ||
Aborigine | 99 | 1.5 | ||
Other | 31 | 0.5 | ||
Marital status | ||||
Never married | 266 | 4.1 | ||
Married | 5147 | 78.9 | ||
Others | 1107 | 16.9 | ||
Education | ||||
Primary | 3139 | 49.2 | ||
Secondary | 2477 | 38.8 | ||
Tertiary | 197 | 3.0 | ||
Others | 571 | 8.7 | ||
Monthly household income† | ||||
Below RM 1000 | 2416 | 45.9 | ||
RM 1000–RM 1999 | 1689 | 32.1 | ||
RM 2000–RM 2999 | 607 | 11.5 | ||
RM 3000 and above | 551 | 10.5 | ||
Known diabetes status | ||||
No | 5301 | 81.3 | ||
Yes | 1223 | 18.7 | ||
BMI | ||||
Underweight/Normal | 2124 | 34.3 | ||
Overweight | 2396 | 38.7 | ||
Obese | 1672 | 27.0 | ||
Depression | ||||
Normal | 5397 | 84.0 | ||
At least mild | 1029 | 16.0 | ||
Anxiety | ||||
Normal | 5098 | 78.8 | ||
At least mild | 1371 | 21.2 | ||
Stress | ||||
Normal | 5982 | 92.7 | ||
At least mild | 472 | 7.3 | ||
