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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of participants from a rural Nigerian community that pre-tested the Igbo-HADS on 7 July 2014

From: Detecting anxiety and depression among people with limited literacy living with chronic low back pain in Nigeria: adaptation and validation of the hospital anxiety and depression scale

n = 12

Frequency

%

Mean age = 45 years (SD10.36)

 Gender

  Male

7

58.33

  Female

5

41.67

 Main occupation

  Manual workers

7

58.33

  Non-manual workers

5

41.67

 Religion (Christian denomination)

  Protestant Pentecostal

10

83.33

  Catholic

2

16.67

 Marital status

  Married

11

91.67

  Single

1

8.33

 Educational level completed

  Secondary

4

33.33

  Primary

3

25.00

  None

3

25.00

  Tertiary

2

16.67

 Literacy (Ability to read and write)

  Illiterate (inability to read and write)

4

33.33

  English

6

50.00

  English and Igbo

2

16.67