Observational Study
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2016.
World J Gastroenterol. Nov 14, 2016; 22(42): 9437-9444
Published online Nov 14, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i42.9437
Table 1 Detection rates of depression and anxiety symptoms in subjects with different demographic characteristics
Variablen (%)Depression symptoms
Anxiety symptoms
n (%)χ2P valuen (%)χ2P value
Sex1.6810.1950.7790.377
Male937 (53.97)279 (29.78)245 (26.15)
Female799 (46.03)332 (32.67)224 (28.04)
Age, yr48.522< 0.00124.254< 0.001
18-30164 (9.45)38 (23.17)31 (18.90)
30-40234 (13.48)57 (24.36)50 (21.37)
40-50363 (20.91)81 (22.31)83 (22.87)
50-60375 (21.60)135 (36.00)123 (32.80)
60-70339 (19.53)114 (33.63)95 (28.02)
> 70261 (15.03)115 (44.06)87 (33.33)
Marital status14.6560.0018.4900.014
Married1523 (87.73)478 (31.39)416 (27.31)
Divorced/widowed104 (5.99)43 (41.35)35 (33.65)
Unmarried109 (6.28)19 (17.43)18 (16.51)
Education55.293< 0.00113.1840.010
Primary school or below386 (22.24)176 (45.60)128 (33.16)
Junior high school440 (25.35)137 (31.14)120 (27.27)
Senior high school or polytechnic school424 (24.42)108 (25.47)105 (24.76)
College or bachelor’s degree454 (26.15)114 (25.11)112 (24.67)
Master’s degree or above32 (1.84)5 (15.63)4 (12.50)
Body mass index, kg/m216.273< 0.0019.0920.011
< 18.588 (5.07)42 (47.19)31 (34.83)
18.5-23.99947 (54.55)307 (32.42)274 (28.93)
≥ 24697 (40.15)191 (27.29)164 (23.43)
Chronic pain6.4260.0111.5400.215
Yes262 (15.09)99 (37.79)79 (30.15)
No1474 (84.91)441 (29.92)390 (26.46)
Daily activities132.199< 0.001108.699< 0.001
Non-limited1457 (83.93)373 (25.60)325 (22.31)
Limited but independent253 (14.57)147 (58.10)125 (49.41)
Limited but dependent26 (1.50)20 (76.92)19 (73.08)
Sleep quality87.741< 0.00153.651< 0.001
Good539 (31.05)104 (19.29)99 (18.37)
Fair898 (51.73)285 (31.74)245 (27.28)
Poor or very poor299 (17.23)151 (50.50)125 (41.81)
Table 2 Detection rates of depression and anxiety symptoms in subjects with different diseases n (%)
DiseaseTotalDepression symptomsAnxiety symptoms
Peptic ulcer187 (10.77)50 (26.74)42 (22.50)
Digestive system tumors212 (12.21)122 (57.55)117 (55.19)
Chronic gastritis807 (46.49)221 (27.39)177 (21.93)
Functional dyspepsia227 (13.08)78 (34.36)58 (25.55)
Inflammatory bowel disease181 (10.43)58 (32.04)46 (25.41)
Irritable bowel syndrome96 (5.53)28 (29.17)24 (25.00)
Chronic viral hepatitis59 (3.40)20 (33.90)16 (27.12)
Liver cirrhosis104 (5.99)43 (41.35)50 (48.08)
Gastroesophageal reflux disease141 (8.12)34 (24.11)29 (20.57)
Table 3 Overall detection rates of depression and anxiety symptoms n (%)
PatientsnDepression symptomsAnxiety symptomsDepression and anxiety symptomsDepression or anxiety symptoms
Outpatients871244 (28.01)200 (22.96)161 (18.48)283 (32.49)
In-patients865296 (34.22)269 (31.10)198 (22.89)367 (42.43)
Overall1736540 (31.11)469 (27.02)359 (20.68)650 (37.44)
Table 4 Detection rates of depression and anxiety symptoms in subjects with different comorbidities
Comorbidityn (%)Depression symptoms
Anxiety symptoms
n (%)χ2P valuen (%)χ2P value
Hypertension6.4020.0115.7340.017
No1342 (77.30)397 (29.58)344 (25.63)
Yes394 (22.70)143 (36.29)125 (31.73)
Diabetes7.6460.0067.4240.006
No1585/91.30478/30.16414/26.12
Yes151/8.7062/41.0655/36.42
Coronary heart disease6.0600.0143.3960.065
No1603/92.34486/30.32424/26.45
Yes133/7.6654/40.6045/33.83
Cerebrovascular disease0.7660.3820.1200.729
No1627/93.72502/30.85438/26.92
Yes109/6.2838/34.8631/28.44