Indicators of Psychiatric Disorders in Different Oncology Specialties: A Prevalence Study

Table 2

Anxiety and depression indicators according to sociodemographic characteristics of the sample (𝑁=1385).

Sociodemographic variables	GAD-7					PHQ-4 D					PHQ-4 A
	No		Yes		Stat.	No		Yes		Stat.	No		Yes		Stat.
	𝑁	%	𝑁	%		𝑁	%	𝑁	%		𝑁	%	𝑁	%
Gender
Male	528	48.8	82	27.6	𝜒^2=42.40	545	48.4	66	25.7	𝜒^2=43.8	506	50.4	105	27.7	𝜒^2=57.4
Female	554	51.2	215	72.4	𝐏<𝟎.𝟎𝟎𝟏	581	51.6	191	74.3	𝐏<𝟎.𝟎𝟎𝟏	498	49.6	27	72.3	𝐏<𝟎.𝟎𝟎𝟏
Did not respond			06					02					02
Schooling (years)
≤09 years	632	58.4	183	61.6		668	59.3	150	58.4		598	59.6	220	58.0
10 to 12 years	280	25.9	73	24.6	𝜒^2=1.11	279	24.8	74	28.8	𝜒^2=2.63	254	25.3	101	26.7	𝜒^2=0.30
>12 years	170	15.7	41	13.8	𝑃=0.57	179	15.9	33	12.8	𝑃=0.26	152	15.1	58	15.3	𝑃=0.85
Did not respond			06					02					02
Civil status
Single	173	16.0	51	17.2		171	15.2	53	20.6		145	14.5	79	20.9
Married/stable relationship	745	68.9	184	62.0	𝜒^2=7.46	787	70.0	145	56.4	𝜒^2=18.2	708	70.6	223	58.8	𝜒^2=18.3
Divorced/separated	90	8.3	38	12.8	𝑃=0.58	93	8.2	35	13.6	𝐏<𝟎.𝟎𝟎𝟏	82	8.2	47	12.4	𝐏<𝟎.𝟎𝟎𝟏
Widow/widower	73	6.8	24	8.0		74	6.6	24	9.4		68	6.8	30	7.9
Did not respond			07					03					03
Professional situation
Active	428	39.7	97	33.1	𝜒^2=4.28	447	39.9	79	31.1	𝜒^2=6.79	382	38.3	144	38.2	𝜒^2=0.002
Inactive	649	60.3	196	66.9	𝑃=0.38	673	60.1	175	68.9	𝐏=𝟎.𝟎𝟎𝟗	615	61.7	233	61.8	𝑃=0.96
Did not respond			15					11					11
Religion
Follows	862	79.7	231	78.3	𝜒^2=0.23	907	80.6	191	74.9	𝜒^2=4.07	808	80.5	291	77.2	𝜒^2=1.82
Does not follow	220	20.3	64	21.7	𝑃=0.60	219	19.4	64	25.1	𝑃=0.44	196	19.5	86	22.8	𝑃=0.17
Did not respond			08					04					04

𝑁: frequency, %: percentage, 𝑃: significance level, 𝜒²: chi-square, PHQ-4 A: Patient Health Questionnaire-4 A, PHQ-4 D: Patient Health Questionnaire-4 D, GAD-7: Generalized Anxiety Disorder, and Stat.: statistic.