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Table 4 Sex vs. mental condition of older adults

From: Life satisfaction and depressive symptoms of mentally active older adults in Poland: a cross-sectional study

Psychometric measures

Sex

p

Female

Male

Mean

Median

SD

Mean

Median

SD

SWLS

22.44

23

5.30

25.00

26

6.86

0.0734

BDI

8.27

6

7.00

7.30

7

5.87

0.6931

HADS-A

5.80

5

3.77

4.40

4

3.20

0.1370

HADS-D

3.68

3

3.38

4.60

4

3.23

0.1891

GDS

8.14

6

6.32

8.37

8

5.71

0.6307

  1. p-value was calculated using Mann-Whitney test