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. 2026 Sep 15;14:1939161. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1939161

Table 2.

Comparison of the prevalence of severe acute stress symptoms at T1, T2 and T3 in patients with acute myocardial infarction.

Items Categories n T1 Severe stress [n (%)] T1 χ2 (p) T2 severe stress [n (%)] T2 χ2 (p) T3 severe stress [n (%)] T3 χ2 (p)
Age (years) <45 39 14 (35.90) 10.822**
(0.004)
7 (17.95) 4.217 (0.122) 4 (10.26) 3.854 (0.146)
45–59 81 41 (50.62) 22 (27.16) 13 (16.05)
≥60 128 91 (71.09) 45 (35.16) 28 (21.88)
Gender Male 132 75 (56.82) 0.572 (0.450) 37 (28.03) 0.614 (0.433) 22 (16.67) 0.528 (0.468)
Female 116 71 (61.21) 37 (31.90) 23 (19.83)
Marital status Unmarried/divorced/widowed 16 9 (56.25) 0.038 (0.845) 5 (31.25) 0.026 (0.872) 3 (18.75) 0.012 (0.913)
Married 232 137 (59.05) 69 (29.74) 42 (18.10)
Education level Junior high school or below 140 88 (62.86) 1.942 (0.379) 46 (32.86) 2.147 (0.342) 29 (20.71) 1.876 (0.392)
High school/secondary school 68 37 (54.41) 18 (26.47) 11 (16.18)
Junior college and above 40 21 (52.50) 10 (25.00) 5 (12.50)
Monthly household income (yuan) <4,000 47 29 (61.70) 0.896
(0.826)
20 (42.55) 9.522* (0.023) 13 (27.66) 7.853* (0.049)
4,000– 87 52 (59.77) 30 (34.48) 18 (20.69)
7,000– 85 48 (56.47) 20 (23.53) 12 (14.12)
>10,000 29 17 (58.62) 4 (13.79) 2 (6.90)
Career Enterprises and institutions 52 28 (53.85) 2.147 (0.542) 13 (25.00) 3.214 (0.359) 8 (15.38) 2.789 (0.425)
Individual 44 26 (59.09) 15 (34.09) 9 (20.45)
Clerk/staff 91 56 (61.54) 28 (30.77) 17 (18.68)
Unemployed/retired 61 36 (59.02) 18 (29.51) 11 (18.03)
Number of comorbidities <5 comorbidities 176 95 (53.98) 4.684* (0.030) 46 (26.14) 3.969* (0.046) 26 (14.77) 5.124* (0.024)
≥5 species 72 51 (70.83) 28 (38.89) 19 (26.39)
Number of brackets <2 175 96 (54.86) 3.956 * (0.047) 48 (27.43) 1.872 (0.171) 28 (16.00) 2.014 (0.156)
≥2 pieces 73 50 (68.49) 26 (35.62) 17 (23.29)
Left ventricular ejection fraction <40% 45 32 (71.11) 5.217 (0.074) 22 (48.89) 15.487** (<0.001) 14 (31.11) 12.356** (<0.001)
40%–49% 86 53 (61.63) 30 (34.88) 19 (22.09)
>50% 117 61 (52.14) 22 (18.80) 12 (10.26)
Cardiac function classification Grade I 132 62 (46.97) 15.121** (0.001) 28 (21.21) 16.437** (<0.001) 17 (12.88) 13.287** (<0.001)
Grade II 70 48 (68.57) 24 (34.29) 15 (21.43)
Grade III-IV 46 36 (78.26) 22 (47.83) 13 (28.26)

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.001; Severe acute stress symptoms was defined as SASRQ total score ≥57. T1 was after PCI/after stable condition, T2 was 1 month after PCI, and T3 was 3 months after PCI.