Research Article
Association of Synthetic House-Tree-Person Drawing Test and Depression in Cancer Patients
Table 2
The incidence of items used in depression assessment and drawing characteristics in depression group and in nondepression group of cancer patients.
| | Drawing characteristics | Cases | Depression self-evaluation results | χ2 value | P value | | Depression | No depression |
| D1
Small drawing size | Yes | 46 (27.5) | 27 (47.4) | 19 (17.3) | 17.039 | <0.001 | | No | 121 (72.5) | 30 (52.6) | 91 (82.7) |
| D2
Weak strength drawing | Yes | 47 (28.1) | 23 (40.4) | 24 (21.8) | 6.376 | 0.012 | | No | 120 (71.9) | 34 (59.6) | 86 (78.2) |
| D3
Simplified drawing | Yes | 96 (57.5) | 44 (77.2) | 52 (47.3) | 13.753 | <0.001 | | No | 71 (42.5) | 13 (22.8) | 58 (52.7) |
| D4
Scribbled drawing | Yes | 130 (77.8) | 80 (80.8) | 50 (73.5) | 1.238 | 0.266 | | No | 37 (22.2) | 19 (19.2) | 18 (26.5) |
| D5
Decorated drawing | Yes | 107 (64.1) | 30 (52.6) | 77 (69.1) | 4.387 | 0.036 | | No | 60 (35.9) | 27 (47.4) | 33 (30.9) |
| D6
Lines jagged and not joined | Yes | 86 (51.5) | 23 (40.4) | 63 (57.3) | 4.304 | 0.038 | | No | 81 (48.5) | 34 (59.6) | 47 (42.7) |
| D7
Simple house drawing | Yes | 67 (40.1) | 42 (42.9) | 25 (36.2) | 0.740 | 0.390 | | No | 100 (59.9) | 56 (57.1) | 44 (63.8) |
| D8
Simple house | Yes | 136 (81.4) | 51 (81.0) | 85 (81.7) | 0.016 | 0.900 | | No | 31 (18.6) | 12 (19.0) | 19 (18.3) |
| D9
Decorated house | Yes | 57 (34.1) | 27 (47.4) | 30 (27.3) | 6.744 | 0.009 | | No | 110 (65.9) | 30 (52.6) | 80 (72.7) |
| D10
Very small door | Yes | 18 (10.8) | 14 (24.6) | 4 (3.6) | 17.095 | <0.001 | | No | 149 (89.2) | 43 (75.4) | 106 (96.4) |
| D11
Simple tree drawing | Yes | 85 (50.9) | 60 (52.6) | 25 (47.2) | 0.432 | 0.511 | | No | 82 (49.1) | 54 (47.4) | 28 (52.8) |
| D12
Simple tree | Yes | 43 (25.7) | 22 (38.6) | 21 (19.1) | 7.472 | 0.006 | | No | 124 (74.3) | 35 (61.4) | 89 (80.9) |
| D13
Decorated tree | Yes | 63 (37.7) | 26 (40.6) | 37 (35.9) | 0.372 | 0.542 | | No | 104 (62.3) | 38 (59.4) | 66 (64.1) |
| D14
Dead tree | Yes | 54 (32.3) | 24 (42.1) | 30 (27.3) | 3.775 | 0.052 | | No | 113 (67.7) | 33 (57.9) | 80 (72.7) |
| D15
Scribbled or carefully drawn tree-crown | Yes | 69 (41.3) | 42 (38.9) | 27 (45.8) | 0.744 | 0.389 | | No | 98 (58.7) | 66 (61.1) | 32 (54.2) |
| D16
Slender tree trunk | Yes | 55 (32.9) | 30 (31.6) | 25 (34.7) | 0.183 | 0.669 | | No | 112 (67.1) | 65 (68.4) | 47 (65.3) |
| D17
Simple person drawing | Yes | 135 (80.8) | 82 (82.0) | 53 (79.1) | 0.217 | 0.641 | | No | 32 (19.2) | 18 (18.0) | 14 (20.9) |
| D18
Simple person | Yes | 56 (33.5) | 26 (31.7) | 30 (35.3) | 0.241 | 0.624 | | No | 111 (66.5) | 56 (68.3) | 55 (64.7) |
| D19
Decorated person | Yes | 53 (31.7) | 36 (30.5) | 17 (34.7) | 0.280 | 0.597 | | No | 114 (68.3) | 82 (69.5) | 32 (65.3) |
| D20
Poker face | Yes | 135 (80.8) | 57 (85.1) | 78 (78.0) | 1.296 | 0.255 | | No | 32 (19.2) | 10 (14.9) | 22 (22.0) |
| D21
Complete or partial loss of facial features | Yes | 95 (56.9) | 39 (68.4) | 56 (50.9) | 4.695 | 0.030 | | No | 72 (43.1) | 18 (31.6) | 54 (49.1) |
| D22
Complete or partial loss of limbs | Yes | 46 (27.5) | 22 (28.2) | 24 (27.0) | 0.106 | 0.745 | | No | 121 (72.5) | 56 (71.8) | 65 (73.0) |
| D23
Head drew very carefully | Yes | 60 (35.9) | 25 (43.9) | 35 (31.8) | 2.365 | 0.124 | | No | 107 (64.1) | 32 (56.1) | 75 (68.2) |
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