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World J Psychiatry. Aug 19, 2025; 15(8): 105760
Published online Aug 19, 2025. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v15.i8.105760
Published online Aug 19, 2025. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v15.i8.105760
Table 1 Patients’ sociodemographic characteristics
| Characteristics | Number of cases (n = 159) | Composition ratio (%) |
| Sex | ||
| Male | 81 | 50.9 |
| Female | 78 | 49.1 |
| Age (year), mean ± SD | 60.55 ± 7.52 | - |
| Body mass index (kg/m2), mean ± SD | 23.01 ± 1.65 | - |
| Diabetes | 46 | 28.9 |
| Hypertension | 42 | 26.4 |
| Educational attainment | ||
| Junior high school or below | 41 | 25.8 |
| College, technical secondary school, or senior high school | 66 | 41.5 |
| Graduate or above | 52 | 32.7 |
| Marital status | ||
| Single | 23 | 14.4 |
| Married | 82 | 51.6 |
| Divorced or widowed | 54 | 34.0 |
| Residence | ||
| Urban | 98 | 61.6 |
| Rural | 61 | 38.4 |
| Monthly income (CNY) | ||
| < 4000 | 38 | 23.9 |
| 4000-6000 | 81 | 50.9 |
| > 6000 | 40 | 25.2 |
| Medical insurance type | ||
| Employee or resident basic medical insurance | 84 | 52.8 |
| Commercial insurance | 40 | 25.2 |
| Others | 35 | 22.0 |
| Disease staging | ||
| Mild clinical manifestations | 59 | 37.1 |
| Intermittent claudication | 59 | 37.1 |
| Rest pain | 36 | 22.7 |
| Gangrene | 5 | 3.1 |
| Disease course | ||
| < 6 months | 92 | 57.9 |
| > 6 months | 67 | 42.1 |
| Pain | ||
| Without | 59 | 37.1 |
| With | 100 | 62.9 |
Table 2 Anxiety, depression, and social support scores of patients, mean ± SD
| Characteristics | Total score (n = 159) | Score | |
| SAS score | 49.01 ± 9.65 | Anxiety (n = 70) | 57.91 ± 4.15 |
| Non-anxiety (n = 89) | 42.00 ± 6.40 | ||
| SDS score | 49.91 ± 9.18 | Depression (n = 65) | 58.23 ± 3.44 |
| Non-depression (n = 94) | 44.16 ± 7.29 | ||
| Total score of social support | 24.82 ± 5.80 | High social support (n = 107) | 28.33 ± 3.20 |
| Low social support (n = 52) | 17.60 ± 1.99 | ||
| Objective support score | 7.61 ± 2.07 | High social support (n = 107) | 8.59 ± 1.52 |
| Low social support (n = 52) | 5.60 ± 1.54 | ||
| Subjective support score | 9.94 ± 2.86 | High social support (n = 107) | 11.43 ± 1.93 |
| Low social support (n = 52) | 6.87 ± 1.83 | ||
| Support utilization score | 7.27 ± 2.09 | High social support (n = 107) | 5.85 ± 1.48 |
| Low social support (n = 52) | 5.13 ± 1.28 | ||
Table 3 Univariate analysis of clinical characteristics of patients with anxiety or not
| Characteristics | Anxiety (n = 70) | Non-anxiety (n = 89) | χ2/t | P value |
| Sex | 1.368 | 0.242 | ||
| Male | 32 | 49 | ||
| Female | 38 | 40 | ||
| Age (year), mean ± SD | 59.74 ± 7.59 | 61.19 ±7.44 | 1.207 | 0.229 |
| Body mass index (kg/m2), mean ± SD | 22.86 ± 1.64 | 23.13 ± 1.65 | 1.043 | 0.299 |
| Diabetes | 21 | 25 | 0.070 | 0.792 |
| Hypertension | 22 | 20 | 1.617 | 0.204 |
| Educational attainment | 0.566 | 0.753 | ||
| Junior high school or below | 16 | 25 | ||
| College, vocational school, or senior high school | 30 | 36 | ||
| Graduate or above | 24 | 28 | - | - |
| Marital status | 3.590 | 0.166 | ||
| Single | 8 | 15 | ||
| Married | 42 | 40 | ||
| Divorced or widowed | 20 | 34 | ||
| Residence | 0.880 | 0.348 | ||
| Urban | 46 | 52 | ||
| Rural | 24 | 37 | ||
| Monthly income (CNY) | 6.033 | 0.049 | ||
| < 4000 | 18 | 20 | ||
| 4000-6000 | 41 | 40 | ||
| > 6000 | 11 | 29 | ||
| Type of medical insurance | 0.107 | 0.948 | ||
| Employee or resident basic medical insurance | 38 | 46 | ||
| Commercial insurance | 17 | 23 | - | - |
| Others | 15 | 20 | - | - |
| Disease staging | 15.723 | 0.001 | ||
| Mild clinical manifestations | 14 | 45 | ||
| Intermittent claudication | 33 | 26 | ||
| Rest pain | 20 | 16 | ||
| Gangrene | 3 | 2 | ||
| Disease course | 11.531 | 0.0007 | ||
| < 6 months | 51 | 41 | ||
| > 6 months | 19 | 48 | ||
| Pain | 13.171 | 0.0003 | ||
| Without | 15 | 44 | ||
| With | 55 | 45 | ||
| Social support | 17.391 | < 0.0001 | ||
| High social support | 40 | 77 | ||
| Low social support | 30 | 12 | ||
Table 4 Analysis of influencing factors for the occurrence of anxiety in patients
| Variable | β | SE | Wald | P value | HR | 95%CI |
| Constant | -2.575 | 0.625 | 16.964 | 0.000 | 0.076 | - |
| Monthly income (0: 4000 yuan) | - | - | 7.058 | 0.029 | - | - |
| 1: 4000-6000 | -0.292 | 0.535 | 0.298 | 0.585 | 0.747 | 0.262-2.130 |
| 2: 6000 | -1.613 | 0.665 | 5.878 | 0.015 | 0.199 | 0.054-0.734 |
| Disease staging (0: Mild clinical manifestations) | - | - | 9.506 | 0.023 | - | - |
| 1: Intermittent claudication | 1.093 | 0.491 | 4.962 | 0.026 | 2.983 | 1.140-7.805 |
| 2: Rest pain | 1.679 | 0.568 | 8.724 | 0.003 | 5.359 | 1.759-16.326 |
| 3: Gangrene | 1.020 | 1.101 | 0.859 | 0.354 | 2.774 | 0.321-24.007 |
| Disease course (0: > 6 months, 1: < 6 months) | 1.172 | 0.447 | 6.883 | 0.009 | 3.227 | 1.345-7.745 |
| Pain (0: Without, 1: With) | 0.896 | 0.438 | 4.192 | 0.041 | 2.449 | 1.039-5.774 |
| Social support (0: High social support, 1: Low social support) | 2.051 | 0.452 | 20.634 | 0.000 | 7.776 | 3.209-18.842 |
Table 5 Univariate analysis of clinical characteristics of patients with depression or not
| Variable | Depression (n = 65) | Non-depression (n = 94) | χ2/t | P value |
| Sex | 0.129 | 0.719 | ||
| Male | 32 | 49 | ||
| Female | 33 | 45 | ||
| Age (year), mean ± SD | 61.51 ±7.10 | 59.89± 7.76 | 1.334 | 0.184 |
| Body mass index (kg/m2), mean ± SD | 22.91 ± 1.61 | 23.08 ± 1.68 | 0.663 | 0.508 |
| Diabetes | 20 | 26 | 0.181 | 0.671 |
| Hypertension | 20 | 22 | 1.072 | 0.300 |
| Educational attainment | 1.416 | 0.493 | ||
| Junior high school or below | 19 | 22 | ||
| College, vocational school, or senior high school | 28 | 38 | ||
| Graduate or above | 18 | 34 | - | - |
| Marital status | 4.163 | 0.125 | ||
| Single | 5 | 18 | ||
| Married | 37 | 45 | ||
| Divorced or widowed | 23 | 31 | ||
| Residence | 0.000 | 0.983 | ||
| Urban | 40 | 58 | ||
| Rural | 25 | 36 | ||
| Monthly income (CNY) | 4.388 | 0.112 | ||
| < 4000 | 10 | 28 | ||
| 4000-6000 | 37 | 44 | ||
| > 6000 | 18 | 22 | ||
| Type of medical insurance | 0.046 | 0.978 | ||
| Employee or resident basic medical insurance | 35 | 49 | ||
| Commercial insurance | 16 | 24 | ||
| Others | 14 | 21 | ||
| Disease staging | 33.553 | < 0.0001 | ||
| Mild clinical manifestations | 7 | 52 | ||
| Intermittent claudication | 32 | 27 | ||
| Rest pain | 23 | 13 | ||
| Gangrene | 3 | 2 | ||
| Disease course | 4.358 | 0.037 | ||
| < 6 months | 44 | 48 | ||
| > 6 months | 21 | 46 | ||
| Pain | 13.791 | 0.0002 | ||
| Without | 13 | 46 | ||
| With | 52 | 48 | ||
| Social support | 25.701 | < 0.0001 | ||
| High social support | 29 | 78 | ||
| Low social support | 36 | 16 | ||
Table 6 Analysis of influencing factors for the occurrence of depression in patients
| Variable | β | SE | Wald | P value | HR | 95%CI |
| Constant | -3.764 | 0.671 | 31.490 | 0.000 | 0.023 | - |
| Disease staging (0: Mild clinical manifestations) | - | - | 23.902 | 0.000 | - | - |
| 1: Intermittent claudication | 2.166 | 0.537 | 16.280 | 0.000 | 8.723 | 3.046-24.981 |
| 2: Rest pain | 2.853 | 0.611 | 21.795 | 0.000 | 17.336 | 5.234-57.424 |
| 3: Gangrene | 2.290 | 1.132 | 4.091 | 0.043 | 9.875 | 1.074-90.838 |
| Disease course (0: > 6 months, 1: < 6 months) | 0.514 | 0.429 | 1.432 | 0.231 | 1.671 | 0.721-3.877 |
| Pain (0: Without, 1: With) | 1.210 | 0.451 | 7.185 | 0.007 | 3.353 | 1.384-8.120 |
| Social support (0: High social support, 1: Low social support) | 1.596 | 0.433 | 13.581 | 0.000 | 4.932 | 2.111-11.526 |
- Citation: Wang XG, Wang Y, Gao Y, Lu R, Guan ZY, Chen SY. Investigation and risk factor analysis of anxiety and depression in patients with lower extremity arteriosclerosis obliterans. World J Psychiatry 2025; 15(8): 105760
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/2220-3206/full/v15/i8/105760.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.5498/wjp.v15.i8.105760
