Depression, anxiety and related factors among Syrian breast cancer patients: a cross-sectional study

BMC Psychiatry

Table 1 Characteristics of the sample and rate of screening mandatory as a function of baseline demographic and clinical features

Variable	Total (n = 500)	GAD-2 Mean (SD)	P-Value	PHQ-2 Mean (SD)	P-Value	GAD-2 ≥ 3 (n = 178)		PHQ-2 ≥ 3 (175)
Variable	No. (%)	GAD-2 Mean (SD)	P-Value	PHQ-2 Mean (SD)	P-Value	No. (%)	P-value	No. (%)	P-value
Age range
≤ 45	190 (38.0)	2.6 (2.3)	0.016	2.32 (2.3)	0.018	80 (16.0)	0.017	76 (15.2)	0.066
> 45	310 (62.0)	2.1 (2.3)	0.016	1.8 (2.3)	0.018	98 (19.6)	0.017	99 (19.8)	0.066
Social Status
Single	52 (10.0)	1.6 (2.1)	0.060	1.5 (2.0)	0.059	13 (2.6)	0.193	10 (2.0)	0.026
Married	402 (80.0)	2.3 (2.3)		2.0 (2.9)		144 (28.8)		144 (28.8)
Divorced	12 (2.0)	3.3 (2.6)		3.3 (2.2)		6 (1.2)		7 (1.4)
Widowed	34 (7.0)	2.7 (2.4)		2.4 (2.7)		15 (3.0)		14 (2.8)
Level of education
Illiterate	83 (17.0)	2.2 (2.3)	0.350	1.9 (2.2)	0.430	26 (5.2)	0.488	26 (5.2)	0.333
School^a	304 (61.0)	2.4 (2.4)		2.1 (2.4)		113 (22.7)		115 (23.1)
Some university courses	20 (4.0)	2.7 (2.6)		1.8 (2.3)		9 (1.8)		7 (1.4)
University degree	92 (18.0)	1.9 (2.3)		1.7 (2.2)		29 (5.8)		26 (5.2)
Employment’s status
Housewife	380 (76.0)	2.4 (2.3)	0.086	2.1 (2.3)	0.206	140 (28.1)	0.329	139 (27.9)	0.206
Employed	119 (24.0)	2.0 (2.3)	0.086	1.8 (2.2)	0.206	38 (7.6)	0.329	36 (7.2)	0.206
1^st degree relatives’ family history of breast cancer
No	426 (85.0)	2.3 (2.4)	0.179	2.0 (2.3)	0.368	156 (31.2)	0.253	150 (30.0)	0.812
Yes	74 (15.0)	1.9 (2.3)	0.179	1.8 (2.3)	0.368	22 (4.4)	0.253	25 (5.0)	0.812
2^nd degree relatives’ family history of breast cancer
No	382 (76.0)	2.3 (2.4)	0.432	2.0 (2.3)	0.759	138 (27.6)	0.658	133 (26.6)	0.877
Yes	118 (24.0)	2.1 (2.2)	0.432	1.9 (2.2)	0.759	40 (8.0)	0.658	42 (8.4)	0.877

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