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Table 6 Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient between the scale results and the respondents’ sex and age

From: Occurrence of mood disorders among educationally active older adults in Bialystok, Poland: a cross-sectional study

  Gender Age
Women Men 60–70 years 71–90 years
GDS HCL-32 MDQ Zung SDS GDS HCL-32 MDQ Zung SDS GDS HCL-32 MDQ Zung SDS GDS HCL-32 MDQ Zung SDS
GDS
 rs – 0.103 0.152 0.248 – − 0.029 − 0.256 0.050 – 0.173 0.074 0.094 – − 0.058 0.053 0.344
 p – 0.235 0.079 0.004* – 0.887 0.197 0.804 – 0.091 0.472 0.362 – 0.642 0.675 0.005*
HCL-32
 rs 0.103 – 0.547 − 0.198 − 0.029 – 0.664 − 0.543 0.173 – 0.549 − 0.159 − 0.058 – 0.555 − 0.346
 p 0.235 – < 0.001* 0.021 0.887 – < 0.001* 0.003* 0.091 – < 0.001* 0.122 0.642 – < 0.001* 0.004*
MDQ
 rs 0.152 0.547 – 0.020 − 0.256 0.664 – − 0.211 0.074 0.549 – − 0.010 0.053 0.555 – − 0.014
 p 0.079 < 0.001* – 0.819 0.197 < 0.001* – 0.290 0.472 < 0.001* – 0.926 0.675 < 0.001* – 0.909
Zung SDS
 rs 0.248 − 0.198 0.020 – 0.050 − 0.543 − 0.211 – 0.094 − 0.159 − 0.010 – 0.344 − 0.346 − 0.014 –
 p 0.004* 0.021 0.819 – 0.804 0.003* 0.290 – 0.362 0.122 0.926 – 0.005* 0.004* 0.909 –
  1. GDS, Geriatric Depression Scale; HCL-32, Hypomania Check List; MDQ, Mood Disorder Questionnaire; p, p-value; rs, Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient; Zung SDS, Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale
  2. *Statistically significant value
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Annals of General Psychiatry

ISSN: 1744-859X