Prevalence and associated factors of mental health distress among hospitalized patients in general hospitals: a multi-center cross-sectional study in Iran.

Discov Ment Health · 2024 · PMC11659538 · PMID 39699697

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near-significantp = 0.054so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Post-hoc analysis revealed no significant differences between age groups, although a near-significant difference was noted between adults and senior adults in the negative GHQ-12 score (p = 0.054) (Table 2 ).

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did not reach statistical significancep = 0.14not close (p > 0.1)

There was a significant effect of sex on the total GHQ-12 score (p = 0.014), though the effect on the positive and negative subsets did not reach statistical significance (p = 0.14, 0.541).

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may not be significantno p-value reported

These findings suggest that while the age effect on mental health may not be significant across all age groups, it could be significant within specific groups, such as the elderly.

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