Association of emotional state with treatment compliance and clinical symptom improvement in pediatric bronchopneumonia patients

Table 1 Baseline clinical characteristics of the study cohort, n (%)/mean ± SD

Data	n = 306
Sex
Male	160 (52.29)
Female	146 (47.71)
Age (years)	9.96 ± 1.38
Illness duration (day)	5.10 ± 2.13
Disease severity
Mild	171 (55.88)
Moderate	135 (44.12)
DSRSC (points)	14.92 ± 4.33
≤ 15	173 (56.54)
> 15	133 (43.46)
SCARED (points)	22.89 ± 5.89
≤ 23	174 (56.86)
> 23	132 (43.14)

DSRSC: Depression Self-Rating Scale for Children; SCARED: Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders.

Table 2 Differences in emotional states among pediatric bronchopneumonia patients by clinical features, mean ± SD

Variable	DSRSC (points)	t value	P value	SCARED (points)	t value	P value
Sex		0.787	0.432		0.311	0.756
Male (n = 160)	14.73 ± 4.17			22.99 ± 6.27
Female (n = 146)	15.12 ± 4.50			22.78 ± 5.45
Age (years)		0.975	0.330		0.102	0.919
≤ 10 (n = 127)	14.63 ± 4.23			22.93 ± 6.09
> 10 (n = 179)	15.12 ± 4.40			22.86 ± 5.75
Illness duration (day)		2.016	0.045		6.921	< 0.001
≤ 4 (n = 129)	13.22 ± 3.98			20.35 ± 5.19
> 4 (n = 177)	16.15 ± 4.16			24.74 ± 5.68
Disease severity		4.050	< 0.001		4.784	< 0.001
Mild (n = 171)	14.05 ± 4.32			21.51 ± 5.70
Moderate (n = 135)	16.02 ± 4.10			24.64 ± 5.66

DSRSC: Depression Self-Rating Scale for Children; SCARED: Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders.

Table 3 Relationship between depression and treatment compliance in pediatric bronchopneumonia patients, n (%)

Treatment compliance	Depression group (n = 133)	Non-depression group (n = 173)	χ2 value	P value
Complete compliance	58 (43.61)	95 (54.91)
Partial compliance	57 (42.86)	70 (40.46)
Non-compliance	18 (13.53)	8 (4.62)
Total compliance	115 (86.47)	165 (95.38)	7.677	0.006

Table 4 Association of anxiety with treatment compliance in pediatric bronchopneumonia patients, n (%)

Treatment compliance	Anxiety group (n = 132)	Non-anxiety group (n = 174)	χ2 value	P value
Complete compliance	55 (41.67)	98 (56.32)
Partial compliance	61 (46.21)	66 (37.93)
Non-compliance	16 (12.12)	10 (5.75)
Total compliance	116 (87.88)	164 (94.25)	3.922	0.048