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Table 2 Mean (standard deviation) Self-Rating Questionnaire (SRQ) total scores by demographic variables

From: Psychological distress among patients of an orthopaedic outpatient clinic: a study from a low-income country

 

Number

Mean (SD) SRQ total score

P value

Female

570

12.50 (5.4)

P < 0.001

Male

408

8.45 (5.2)

 

No formal education

530

12.01 (5.6)

P < 0.001

Primary school only

122

10.16 (5.8)

 

Secondary school only

174

9.61 (5.7)

 

Beyond secondary school

129

8.08 (4.9)

 

Single

190

8.96 (5.6)

P < 0.001

Married

719

11.04 (5.6)

 

Divorced/separated/widowed

64

13.84 (5.2)

 

Income < Rs 4,000

647

11.69 (5.6)

P < 0.001

Rs 4,000 to 6,000

168

9.35 (5.6)

 

Rs 6,001 to 8,000

71

8.20 (5.4)

 

>Rs 8,000

71

8.83 (5.3)

 

Medically explained

887

10.81 (5.8)

P = 0.79

Medically unexplained

91

10.89 (5.5)

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