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Table 1 Comparisons of characteristics of MSM with a lower and higher level of psychological distress

From: Mental health among men who have sex with men in Cambodia: Implications for integration of mental health services within HIV programmes

Socio-economic characteristics

Total

Total GHQ-12 score

(n = 394)

≤3 (n = 241)

>3 (n = 153)

p-value*

Provinces

   

0.07

 Battambang

329 (83.5)

208 (86.3)

121 (79.1)

 

 Siem Reap

65 (16.5)

33 (13.7)

32 (20.9)

 

Gender identity

   

0.25

 Male

228 (57.9)

139 (57.7)

89 (58.2)

 

 Female

81 (20.6)

55 (22.8)

26 (17.0)

 

 Transgender

85 (21.5)

47 (19.5)

38 (24.8)

 

Mean age (in year)

23.7 ± 5.2

23.1 ± 4.8

24.8 ± 5.7

0.001

Years of formal education completed

9.5 ± 3.2

9.8 ± 3.1

9.1 ± 3.3

0.04

Marital status

   

0.91

 Never married

355 (90.1)

217 (90.0)

138 (90.2)

 

 Married and living together

30 (7.6)

19 (7.9)

11 (7.2)

 

 Divorced/separated/widowed

9 (2.3)

5 (2.1)

4 (2.6)

 

Main occupation

   

0.18

 Unemployed

35 (8.9)

17 (7.1)

18 (11.8)

 

 Students

102 (25.9)

70 (20.9)

32 (20.9)

 

 Farmer/laborer

59 (15.0)

39 (16.2)

20 (13.1)

 

 Self-employed

112 (28.4)

66 (27.4)

46 (30.1)

 

 Other

81 (21.8)

49 (20.3)

37 (24.2)

 

Average income in the past month (USD)

210 ± 629

168 ± 505

275 ± 784

0.10

Duration living in current city (in months)

232 ± 106

225 ± 98

244 ± 117

0.09

Self-perception of HIV risk compared to the general population

 

0.02

 Higher

140 (35.5)

73 (30.3)

67 (43.8)

 

 Same

70 (17.8)

43 (17.8)

27 (17.6)

 

 Lower

184 (46.7)

125 (51.9)

59 (38.6)

 

Self-rated overall health

 

0.10

 Good/very good

147 (37.3)

80 (33.2)

67 (43.8)

 

 Neither good nor poor

224 (56.9)

147 (61.0)

77 (50.3)

 

 Poor/very poor

23 (5.8)

14 (5.8)

9 (5.9)

 

Self-rated quality of life

   

<0.001

 Good/very good

119 (30.2)

68 (28.2)

51 (33.3)

 

 Neither good nor poor

256 (65.0)

170 (70.5)

86 (56.2)

 

 Poor/very poor

19 (4.8)

3 (1.2)

16 (10.5)

 

Ever thought to commit suicide

42 (10.7)

23 (9.5)

19 (12.4)

0.37

Ever attempted to commit suicide

26 (6.6)

18 (7.5)

8 (5.2)

0.38

  1. GHQ general health questionnaire, MSM men who have sex with men
  2. Values are number (%) for categorical variables and mean ± SD for continuous variables
  3. *Chi-square test was used for categorical variables and Student’s t-test was used for continuous variables