Table 1.

Anxiety/depression group and control group

Items	Anxiety/depression (n=159)	Control (n=189)	P-value
Age (±SD), years	54.4 (±18.35)	52.1 (±18.98)	0.25
Sex
Men	76	82	0.83
Women	93	107
Number of complaints
≥3	63	36	<0.001
<2	106	153
Duration of symptoms
≥2.5 months	127	123
<2.5 months	42	66	0.05
Number of previous physicians
>4	72	54
<3	97	135	0.006

Notes: Age was analyzed using the Mann–Whitney U test. Sex, number of complaints, duration of symptoms, and number of previous physicians were analyzed using the χ² test.

Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.