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

Table 7 Evaluation of the study group according to their inclination towards recommendation of liver transplantation to other patients

Parameters	I recommend (n = 285)	I do not recommend (n = 31)	P value
Age (yr)			0.519
Median	51	50
IQR	58-36	62-40
Gender (%)			1.000
Female	115 (40.4)	12 (38.7)
Male	170 (59.6)	19 (61.3)
Residency (%)			0.551
City center	155 (54.4)	20 (64.5)
Town	98 (34.4)	8 (25.8)
Village	32 (11.2)	3 (9.7)
Biliary complications			0.660
Presence	182 (63.9)	18 (58.1)
Absence	103 (36.1)	13 (41.9)
SCAS scores			0.002
Median	95	74
IQR	108-87	101-69
BDS scores			< 0.001
Median	9	15
IQR	13-5	29-9
STAI-I (state) scores			0.020
Median	35	42
IQR	41-28	51-27
STAI-II (trait) scores			< 0.001
Median	42	49
IQR	50-36	53-43
BDS (categorized form)			< 0.001
Minimal depression	173 (60.7)	10 (32.3)
Mild depression	79 (27.7)	6 (19.4)
Moderate depression	33 (11.6)	12 (38.7)
Severe depression	0 (0)	3 (9.8)
STAI-I (state) (categorized form)			0.095
Presence anxiety	143 (50.2)	21 (67.7)
Absence anxiety	142 (49.8)	10 (32.3)
STAI-II (trait) (categorized form)			0.021
Presence anxiety	244 (85.6)	31 (100)
Absence anxiety	41 (14.4)	0 (0.0)

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