Research Article
Prevalence of Depression and Anxiety amongst Cancer Patients in a Hospital Setting: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 3
Cross tabulation of various significant factors to the patients’ depression and anxiety with
value < 0.05.
| Patient’s factors cross tabulated to patient’s anxiety and depression | Patients not screened as anxious and depressed AKUADS score < 19 | Patients screened as anxious and depressed AKUADS score > 20 | Total number of patients in that category | value |
| Education | | | | 0.011 | Uneducated | 58 | 85 (85/13 = 59%) | 143 | | Primary | 18 | 15 (15/33 = 45%) | 33 | | Middle | 28 | 19 (19/47 = 40%) | 47 | | Secondary | 19 | 5 (5/24 = 20%) | 24 | | Higher | 10 | 8 (8/18 = 44%) | 18 | | Bachelors | 11 | 10 (10/21 = 48%) | 21 | | Masters | 9 | 4 (4/13 = 31%) | 13 | | Unknown | 1 | 0 (0/1 = 0%) | 1 | |
| Occurrence of cancer in the family | | | | 0.047 | Single person | 14 | 7 (7/21 = 33%) | 21 | | Multiple persons | 4 | 7 (7/11 = 64%) | 11 | | None | 131 | 132 (132/263 = 50%) | 263 | | Unknown | 5 | 0 (0/5 = 0%) | 5 | |
| Pain scale | | | | <0.001 | 0, no pain | 58 | 21 (21/79 = 27%) | 79 | | 1–3, mild pain | 56 | 42 (42/98 = 43%) | 98 | | 4–6, moderate pain | 30 | 65 (65/95 = 68%) | 95 | | 7–10, severe pain | 10 | 18 (18/28 = 64%) | 28 | |
| Do the patients think they themselves are anxious and depressed? | | | | <0.001 | Yes | 70 | 118 (118/188 = 63%) | 188 | | No | 84 | 28 (28/112 = 25%) | 112 | |
| Did they seek treatment for their anxiety and depression from any source? | | | | 0.019 | Yes | 18 | 26 (26/44 = 59%) | 44 | | No | 127 | 119 (119/246 = 48%) | 246 | | Unanswered | 9 | 1 (1/10 = 10%) | 10 | |
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