Validity of the patient health questionnaires (phq-2 and phq-9) for screening depression among human immunodeficiency virus patients in Lahore, Pakistan

Table 1 Socio demographic characteristics of human immunodeficiency virus positive patients (n = 158)

Variables	Non-depression, n (%)	Depression, n (%)	P value
	104 (65.8)	54 (34.1)
Age (yr)
mean ± SD	30.42 ± 7.11	43.91 ± 5.133	0.001a
Gender
Male	89 (56.3)	46 (29.1)	0.947
Female	15 (9.5)	8 (5.1)
Education
No education	62 (39.2)	27 (17.1)	0.377
Up to primary school	11 (7.0)	6 (3.8)
Up to secondary school	23 (14.6)	14 (8.9)
Up to college	4 (2.5)	6 (3.8)
Up to University	4 (2.5)	1 (0.6)
Marital status
Married	51 (32.3)	42 (26.6)	0.001a
Unmarried	47 (29.7)	4 (2.5)
Separated	1 (0.6)	5 (3.2)
Divorced	4 (2.5)	2 (1.3)
Widowed	1 (0.6)	0 (0.6)
Monthly family income
Less than 20000 Rs	66 (41.8)	17 (10.8)	0.001a
Between Rs. 20000-30000	29 (18.4)	25 (15.8)
More than Rs. 30000	9 (5.7)	12 (7.6)
Residential status
Rural	36 (22.8)	25 (15.8)	0.153
Urban	68 (43.0)	29 (18.4)
Religion
Muslim	101 (63.9)	50 (31.6)	0.190
Non-Muslim	3 (1.9)	4 (2.5)

^aP value < 0.05.