Prevalence and Correlates of Depression and Anxiety in Patients with Functional Anorectal Pain

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Table 1 Demographic and Disease Characteristics of Participants (n = 100)

Variables	n(%)	Variables	n(%) / M(SD)
Gender		Cigarette smoking
Male	23 (23%)	Yes	13 (13%)
Female	77 (77%)	No	87 (87%)
Age(years)		Monthly income^c
<40	26 (26%)	Low	30 (30%)
40–59	41 (41%)	Middle	36 (36%)
>59	33 (33%)	High	34 (34%)
Educational level^a		Duration (months)
Low	42 (42%)	<3	33 (33%)
Middle	33 (33%)	≧3	67 (67%)
High	25 (25%)	Sleep disturbance
Marital status^b		Yes	42 (42%)
Married	81 (81%)	No	58 (58%)
Others	19 (19%)	History of anal surgery
Job		Yes	11 (11%)
Employed	55 (55%)	No	89 (89%)
Unemployed	45 (45%)	VAS	3.70 ±2.51
Alcohol drinking		PHQ-9	6.54±5.22
Yes	10 (10%)	GAD-7	4.79±4.55
No	90 (90%)

Notes: ^aLow: junior school and below; middle: senior school or secondary specialized school; high: college degree or above. ^bOthers: single, divorce, separation and widowerhood. ^cLow:<3000 yuan; middle: 3000–6000yuan; high:>6000yuan.

Table 2 Univariate Analysis of Risk Factors for Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms

Variables	Depression (n=55)	No-Depression (n=45)	t/x^2	P	Anxiety (n=46)	No-Anxiety(n=54)	t/x^2	P
Gender
Male	2(3.6%)	21(46.7%)	25.87	0.00	2	21	15.91	0.00
Female	53(96.4%)	24(53.3%)			43	34
Age(years)
<40	11(20.0%)	15(33.3%)	2.71	0.258	9	17	1.53	0.476
40–59	23(41.8%)	18(40.0%)			20	21
>59	21(38.2%)	12(26.7%)			16	17
Educational level^a
Low	29(52.7%)	13(28.9%)	8.70	0.013	22	20	4.01	0.147
Middle	18(32.7%)	15(33.3%)			16	17
High	8(14.5%)	17(37.8%)			7	18
Marital status^b
Married	38(69.1%)	43(95.6%)			31	50	7.80	0.009
Others	17(30.9%)	2(4.4%)	11.26	0.001	14	5
Job
Employed	28(50.9%)	27(60.0%)	0.83	0.422	23	32	0.50	0.547
Unemployed	27(49.1%)	18(40.0%)			22	23
Alcohol drinking
Yes	2(3.6%)	8(17.8%)	5.50	0.04	2	8	2.81	0.178
No	53(96.4%)	37(82.2%)			43	47
Cigarette smoking
Yes	8(14.5%)	5(11.1%)	0.26	0.768	7	6	0.47	0.558
No	47(85.5%)	40(88.9%)			38	49
Monthly income^c
Low	17(30.9%)	13(28.9%)	4.64	0.098	14	16	1.03	0.61
Middle	24(43.6%)	12(26.7%)			18	18
High	14(25.5%)	20(44.4%)			13	21
Duration (months)
<3	11(20.0%)	22(48.9%)	9.34	0.003	10	23	4.30	0.054
≧3	44(80.0%)	23(51.1%)			35	32
Sleep disturbance
Yes	41(74.5%)	1(2.2%)	53.14	0.00	35	7	42.50	0.00
No	14(25.5%)	44(97.8%)			10	48
History of anal surgery
Yes	8(14.5%)	3(6.7%)	1.57	0.336	6	5	0.46	0.536
No	47(85.5%)	42(93.3%)			39	50
VAS	4.56±2.54	2.64±2.05	4.09	0.00	5.36±2.55	2.35±1.46	7.41	0.00

Notes: ^aLow: junior school and below; middle: senior school or secondary specialized school; high: college degree or above. ^bOthers: single, divorce, separation and widowerhood. ^cLow:<3000 yuan; middle: 3000–6000yuan; high:>6000yuan.

Table 3 Multiple Logistic Regression Analysis of Risk Factors for Depressive Symptoms

Variable Factors	Classification	OR	95% CI	P value
Gender	Female	8.267	2.208–15.596	0.031
Marital status	Others	8.519	2.309–16.929	0.049
Duration(months)	≧3	11.178	10.539–23.202	0.017
Sleep disturbance	Yes	32.471	18.155–56.598	0.00

Table 4 Multiple Logistic Regression Analysis of Risk Factors for Anxiety Symptoms

Variable Factors	Classification	OR	95% CI	P value
Marital status	Others	9.293	3.407–17.387	0.021
Sleep disturbance	Yes	19.329	4.024–26.835	0.00
VAS		0.357	0.211–0.603	0.00