Factors affecting anxiety, depression, and self-care ability in patients who have undergone liver transplantation

Table 6 Comparison of various characteristics of the study group according to monthly income

Parameters	≤ 1000 TL (n = 18)	1000-3000 TL (n = 260)	≥ 3000 TL (n = 38)	P value
Age (yr)				0.921
Median	44	51	50
IQR	60-30	58-36	57-43
Gender (%)				< 0.001
Female	13 (72.2)	107 (41.2)	7 (18.4)
Male	5 (27.8)	153 (58.8)	31 (81.6)
Residency (%)				0.002
City center	12 (66.7)	131 (50.4)	32(84.2)
Town	4 (22.2)	96 (36.9)	6 (15.8)
Village	2 (11.1)	33 (12.7)	0 (0)
SCAS scores				0.119
Median	94	94	97
IQR	109-86	105-86	112-87
BDS scores				< 0.001
Median	9	9	6
IQR	16-5	15-6	9-3
STAI-I (state) scores				0.106
Median	35	35	33
IQR	46-26	42-28	41-25
STAI-II (trait) scores				0.003
Median	48	42	39
IQR	52-43	50-36	45-36
BDS (categorized form)				0.004
Minimal depression	10 (55.6)	139 (53.5)	34 (89.5)
Mild depression	4 (22.2)	78 (30)	3 (7.9)
Moderate depression	4 (22.2)	40 (15.4)	1 (2.6)
Severe depression	0 (0)	3 (1.2)	0 (0)

BDS: Beck Depression Scale; IQR (Q3-Q1): Inter-quartile range; SCAS: Self-Care Agency Scale; STAI: State-Trait Anxiety Scale; TL: Turkish liras.