Prevalence of depression and anxiety in patients with chronic digestive system diseases: A multicenter epidemiological study

Table 1 Detection rates of depression and anxiety symptoms in subjects with different demographic characteristics

Variable	n (%)	Depression symptoms			Anxiety symptoms
		n (%)	χ2	P value	n (%)	χ2	P value
Sex			1.681	0.195		0.779	0.377
Male	937 (53.97)	279 (29.78)			245 (26.15)
Female	799 (46.03)	332 (32.67)			224 (28.04)
Age, yr			48.522	< 0.001		24.254	< 0.001
18-30	164 (9.45)	38 (23.17)			31 (18.90)
30-40	234 (13.48)	57 (24.36)			50 (21.37)
40-50	363 (20.91)	81 (22.31)			83 (22.87)
50-60	375 (21.60)	135 (36.00)			123 (32.80)
60-70	339 (19.53)	114 (33.63)			95 (28.02)
> 70	261 (15.03)	115 (44.06)			87 (33.33)
Marital status			14.656	0.001		8.490	0.014
Married	1523 (87.73)	478 (31.39)			416 (27.31)
Divorced/widowed	104 (5.99)	43 (41.35)			35 (33.65)
Unmarried	109 (6.28)	19 (17.43)			18 (16.51)
Education			55.293	< 0.001		13.184	0.010
Primary school or below	386 (22.24)	176 (45.60)			128 (33.16)
Junior high school	440 (25.35)	137 (31.14)			120 (27.27)
Senior high school or polytechnic school	424 (24.42)	108 (25.47)			105 (24.76)
College or bachelor’s degree	454 (26.15)	114 (25.11)			112 (24.67)
Master’s degree or above	32 (1.84)	5 (15.63)			4 (12.50)
Body mass index, kg/m2			16.273	< 0.001		9.092	0.011
< 18.5	88 (5.07)	42 (47.19)			31 (34.83)
18.5-23.99	947 (54.55)	307 (32.42)			274 (28.93)
≥ 24	697 (40.15)	191 (27.29)			164 (23.43)
Chronic pain			6.426	0.011		1.540	0.215
Yes	262 (15.09)	99 (37.79)			79 (30.15)
No	1474 (84.91)	441 (29.92)			390 (26.46)
Daily activities			132.199	< 0.001		108.699	< 0.001
Non-limited	1457 (83.93)	373 (25.60)			325 (22.31)
Limited but independent	253 (14.57)	147 (58.10)			125 (49.41)
Limited but dependent	26 (1.50)	20 (76.92)			19 (73.08)
Sleep quality			87.741	< 0.001		53.651	< 0.001
Good	539 (31.05)	104 (19.29)			99 (18.37)
Fair	898 (51.73)	285 (31.74)			245 (27.28)
Poor or very poor	299 (17.23)	151 (50.50)			125 (41.81)