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Anxiety and depression scores for patients with gastrointestinal cancer by age, gender, marital status, educational status, cancer site and knowledge of diagnosis |
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| Anxiety |
Depression |
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| Age |
Mean (SD) |
Mean (SD) |
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| 19–29 |
8.4 (4.6) |
8.0 (4.3) |
| 30–39 |
10.6 (5.1) |
8.9 (3.7) |
| 40–49 |
9.1 (3.9) |
9.4 (4.3) |
| 50–59 |
7.8 (3.9) |
8.5 (4.0) |
| ≥60 |
6.2 (4.4) |
8.1 (3.6) |
| ANOVA |
F = 3.87 |
F = 0.50 |
| P value |
0.005* |
0.73 |
| Gender |
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| Male |
7.0 (4.7) |
8.4 (4.0) |
| Female |
8.3 (4.2) |
8.6 (3.7) |
| t-test |
-1.63 |
-0.021 |
| P value |
0.1 |
0.83 |
| Marital status |
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| Single |
6.8 (2.7) |
6.5 (2.9) |
| Married |
7.7 (4.6) |
8.6 (3.9) |
| Widowed |
8.1 (5.1) |
10.6 (3.1) |
| ANOVA |
F = 0.24 |
F = 2.75 |
| P value |
0.78 |
0.06 |
| Educational status |
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| Illiterate |
7.2 (4.3) |
8.6 (3.6) |
| Primary |
7.2 (4.6) |
7.6 (3.5) |
| Secondary |
10.3 (4.9) |
10.1 (5.9) |
| College/university |
9.4 (3.2) |
9.1 (3.4) |
| ANOVA |
F = 2.33 |
F = 1.64 |
| P value |
0.07 |
0.18 |
| Cancer site |
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| Esophagus |
6.8 (4.5) |
8.2 (3.5) |
| Stomach |
8.0 (4.5) |
8.9 (3.5) |
| Small intestine |
5.0 (2.8) |
8.2 (1.3) |
| Colon |
8.4 (3.2) |
7.8 (3.6) |
| Rectum |
7.9 (5.8) |
9.3 (5.4) |
| ANOVA |
F = 1.11 |
F = 0.67 |
| P value |
0.35 |
0.61 |
| Initial treatment |
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| Surgery |
8.1 (4.4) |
8.2 (3.9) |
| Chemotherapy/radiotherapy |
6.6 (4.0) |
8.7 (3.1) |
| Best Supportive care |
6.9 (4.8) |
8.9 (4.1) |
| ANOVA |
F = 1.30 |
F = 0.36 |
| P value |
0.27 |
0.69 |
| Knowledge of diagnosis |
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| Yes |
9.1 (4.2) |
9.1 (4.1) |
| No |
6.3 (4.4) |
7.9 (3.6) |
| t-test |
3.83 |
1.94 |
| P value |
<0.0001 |
0.05 |
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* Bonferroni correction indicated that only those in age group 30–39 and ≥60 significantly were differed. | ||
Tavoli et al. BMC Gastroenterology 2007 7:28 doi:10.1186/1471-230X-7-28 |
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