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Table 2 Univariate analysis of anxiety, depression, and sociodemographic and clinical characteristics

From: Anxiety, depression, and coping styles among patients with chronic pancreatitis in East China

  

Anxiety

 

Depression

 

Variables

 

No (n = 557)

Yes (n = 163)

P value

 

No (n = 442)

Yes (n = 278)

P value

 

Age, y (mean [SD])

 

43.99 (24.30)

38.52 (14.51)

< 0.001

 

43.22 (14.47)

41.98 (31.32)

0.012

 

Female sex, n (%)

 

156 (28.01)

64 (39.26)

0.006

 

126 (28.51)

94 (33.81)

0.132

 

Educational level, n (%)

         

Primary school

 

55 (9.87)

15 (9.20)

0.900

 

39 (8.82)

31 (11.15)

0.025

 

Junior high school - Senior High School

 

259 (46.50)

79 (48.47)

 

194 (43.89)

144 (51.80)

 

University or above

 

243 (43.63)

69 (42.33)

 

209 (47.29)

103 (37.05)

 

Marital status, n (%)

         

Single/Divorced/Widowed

 

105 (18.85)

54 (33.13)

< 0.001

 

93 (21.04)

66 (23.74)

0.395

 

Married

 

452 (81.15)

109 (66.87)

 

349 (78.96)

212 (76.26)

 

Perceived support from family and friends, n (%)

         

Low/Moderate

 

30 (5.39)

15 (9.20)

0.077

 

18 (4.07)

27 (9.71)

0.002

 

High

 

527 (94.61)

148 (90.80)

 

424 (95.93)

251 (90.29)

 

Previous health status, n (%)

         

Poor

 

11 (1.97)

14 (8.59)

< 0.001

 

6 (1.36)

19 (6.83)

< 0.001

 

Moderate

 

193 (34.65)

82 (50.31)

 

155 (35.07)

120 (43.17)

 

Good

 

353 (63.38)

67 (41.10)

 

281 (63.57)

139 (50.00)

 

Subjective disease coping level, n (%)

         

Poor

 

8 (1.44)

10 (6.13)

< 0.001

 

5 (1.13)

13 (4.68)

< 0.001

 

Moderate

 

187 (33.57)

80 (49.08)

 

142 (32.13)

125 (44.96)

 

Good

 

362 (64.99)

73 (44.79)

 

295 (66.74)

140 (50.36)

 

Times of hospitalization of acute attack of CP, n (%)

         

< 3 times

 

258 (46.32)

53 (32.52)

0.002

 

212 (47.96)

99 (35.61)

0.001

 

≥ 3 times

 

299 (53.68)

110 (67.48)

 

230 (52.04)

179 (64.39)

 

Pain as first symptoms, n (%)

 

447 (80.25)

145 (88.96)

0.011

 

348 (78.73)

244 (87.77)

0.002

 

Frequency of abdominal pain during the last 12 months, n (%)

         

< 3 times

 

394 (70.74)

89 (54.60)

< 0.001

 

324 (73.30)

159 (57.19)

< 0.001

 

≥ 3 times

 

157 (28.19)

62 (38.04)

 

114 (25.79)

105 (37.77)

 

Constant pain

 

6 (1.08)

12 (7.36)

 

4 (0.90)

14 (5.04)

 

VAS-P, n (%)

         

0–2 points

 

225 (40.39)

38 (23.31)

< 0.001

 

190 (42.99)

73 (26.26)

< 0.001

 

3–6 points

 

191 (34.29)

66 (40.49)

 

145 (32.81)

112 (40.29)

 

7–10 points

 

141 (25.31)

59 (36.20)

 

107 (24.21)

93 (33.45)

 
  1. Abbreviations: CP, chronic pancreatitis; SD, standard deviations; VAS-P, visual analogue scale of pain