Depression and anxiety levels in therapy-naïve patients with inflammatory bowel disease and cancer of the colon

Table 3 Major stressful events (revealed in five or more persons in at least one of the groups) in IBD and CCa suffering patients according to the Paykel’s scale

Event	IBD group (n)	CCa group (n)
Death of family members	8	7
Major financial difficulties	12	10
Business failure	5	2
Hospitalization of the family member due to serious illnesses	4	8
Frequent argues with parents	5	0
Separation from close person	7	2
Death of close friend	3	5
Minor financial difficulties	9	8
Mild organic illness	4	7
No stressful events at all	3	6

χ² = 12.83, DF = 9, P > 0.05.