Improving depression and perceived social support enhances overall quality of life among myocardial infarction survivors: necessity for integrating mental health care into cardiac rehabilitation programs

Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the participants

Variables	Categories	N	Percentage
Gender	Male	79	76.7
Gender	Female	24	23.3
Education	No formal education	16	15.5
	Attended school	70	68
	Graduate or above	17	16.5
Marital status	Married	97	94.2
Marital status	Single/divorced	6	5.8
Socio-economic status	Upper SES	36	35
Socio-economic status	Middle SES	67	65
Religion	Hindu	69	67
	Christian	12	11.7
	Buddhist	22	21.4
Substance use	Alcohol	51	49.5
Substance use	Tobacco	52	50.5
Pattern of substance use	Harmful pattern	32	31.1
Pattern of substance use	Dependence pattern	71	68.9
Family type	Nuclear family	83	80.6
Family type	Joint family	20	19.4
Medical comorbidity	None	23	22.3
Medical comorbidity	Present	80	77.7
Number of episodes of MI	1 episode	100	97.1
Number of episodes of MI	2 or more	3	2.9