Anxiety and Depression in Patients with Permanent Atrial Fibrillation: Prevalence and Associated Factors

Table 3

Association between patients’ characteristics and anxiety levels.

Characteristics	Low levels, N (%)	Moderate levels, N (%)	High levels, N (%)	value
Gender
Male	47 (39.8%)	37 (31.4%)	34 (28.8%)	0.022
Female	18 (35.3%)	8 (15.7%)	25 (49.0%)
Age
≤60	19 (30.2%)	24 (38.1%)	20 (31.7%)	0.022
61–70	21 (40.4%)	15 (28.8%)	16 (30.8%)
>70	25 (46.3%)	6 (11.1%)	23 (42.6%)
Status
Married	47 (37.6%)	33 (26.4%)	45 (36.0%)	0.876
Single	18 (40.9%)	12 (27.3%)	14 (31.8%)
Educational level
Primary	36 (40.9%)	16 (18.2%)	36 (40.9%)	0.025
Secondary	23 (41.1%)	21 (37.5%)	12 (21.4%)
University	6 (24.0%)	8 (32.0%)	11 (44.0%)
Job
Employee	23 (35.9%)	26 (40.6%)	15 (23.4%)	0.003
Pensioner/household	42 (40.0%)	19 (18.1%)	44 (41.9%)
Place of residence
Attica	43 (37.7%)	33 (28.9%)	38 (33.3%)	0.604
Other places	22 (40.0%)	12 (21.8%)	21 (38.2%)
Number of children
None	7 (36.8%)	8 (42.1%)	4 (21.1%)	0.368
One	13 (37.1%)	11 (31.4%)	11 (31.4%)
More than one	45 (39.1%)	26 (22.6%)	44 (38.3%)
Other diseases
Yes	26 (35.6%)	16 (21.9%)	31 (42.5%)	0.179
No	39 (40.6%)	29 (30.2%)	28 (29.2%)
Informed of the state of their health
Very	39 (44.3%)	23 (26.1%)	26 (29.5%)	0.391
Enough	18 (29.5%)	18 (29.5%)	25 (41.0%)
Less/not at all	8 (40.0%)	4 (20.0%)	8 (40.0%)
Years having the disease
<2	32 (39.0%)	25 (30.5%)	25 (30.5%)	0.005
2–5	18 (41.9%)	11 (25.6%)	14 (32.6%)
6–10	15 (34.1%)	9 (20.5%)	20 (45.5%)
Relations with nursing staff
Very good	56 (45.2%)	30 (24.2%)	38 (30.6%)	0.040
Good	7 (21.2%)	12 (36.4%)	14 (42.4%)
Moderate/bad	2 (16.7%)	3 (25.0%)	7 (58.3%)
Relations with medical staff
Very good	53 (44.9%)	28 (23.7%)	37 (31.4%)	0.128
Good	10 (24.4%)	14 (34.1%)	17 (41.5%)
Moderate/bad	2 (20.0%)	3 (30.0%)	5 (50.0%)

Low-level score: 0–7; moderate-level score: 8–10; high-level score: 11–21.