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. 2021 Feb 1;29(8):4773–4782. doi: 10.1007/s00520-021-05994-4

Table 2.

Severity categories of depression, anxiety, and insomnia measurements in total patients and subgroups

Location Comorbidity Stage of breast cancer Living alone Deterioration
of breast cancer
Affected treatment plan
Severity category Total Wuhan Outside Wuhan P No Yes P Early/middle Late P No Yes P No Not sure Yes P No Yes P
PHQ-9, depression 0.156 0.013 0.066 0.031 < 0.001 < 0.001
None 392 (47.0) 167 (44.7) 225 (48.9) 216 (50.1) 176 (43.7) 362 (47.8) 30 (39.0) 374 (47.6) 18 (36.7) 221 (61.6) 152 (38.1) 19 (25.0) 190 (58.6) 202 (39.6)
Mild 262 (31.4) 121 (32.4) 141 (30.7) 138 (32.0) 124 (30.8) 237 (31.3) 25 (32.5) 249 (31.7) 13 (26.5) 101 (28.1) 140 (35.1) 21 (27.6) 83 (25.6) 179 (35.1)
Moderate 119 (14.3) 51 (13.6) 68 (14.8) 52 (12.1) 67 (16.6) 107 (14.1) 12 (15.6) 107 (13.6) 12 (24.5) 26 (7.2) 72 (18.0) 21 (27.6) 33 (10.2) 86 (16.9)
Severe 61 (7.3)

35

(9.4)

26 (5.7) 25 (5.8) 36 (8.9) 51 (6.7) 10 (13.0) 55 (7.0) 6 (12.2) 11 (3.1) 35 (8.8) 15 (19.7) 18 (5.6) 43 (8.4)
GAD-7, anxiety 0.018 0.051 0.001 0.013 < 0.001 < 0.001
None 269 (32.3) 106 (28.3) 163 (35.4) 146 (33.9) 123 (30.5) 254 (33.6) 15 (19.5) 257 (32.7) 12 (24.5) 163 (45.4) 96 (24.1) 10 (13.2) 138 (42.6) 131 (25.7)
Mild 436 (52.3) 202 (54.0) 234 (50.9) 232 (53.8) 204 (50.6) 394 (52.0) 42 (54.5) 415 (52.9) 21 (42.9) 170 (47.4) 228 (57.1) 38 (50.0) 156 (48.1) 280 (54.9)
Moderate 94 (11.3) 49 (13.1) 45 (9.8) 36 (8.4) 58 (14.4) 82 (10.8) 12 (15.6) 82 (10.4) 12 (24.5) 22 (6.1) 55 (13.8) 17 (22.4) 20 (6.2) 74 (14.5)
Severe 35 (4.2) 17 (4.5) 18 (3.9) 17 (3.9) 18 (4.5) 27 (3.6) 8 (10.4) 31 (3.9) 4 (8.2) 4 (1.1) 20 (5.0) 11 (14.5) 10 (3.1) 25 (4.9)
ISI, insomnia 0.042 < 0.001 0.075 0.004 < 0.001 < 0.001
None 418 (50.1) 175 (46.8) 246 (53.5) 246 (57.1) 175 (43.4) 388 (51.3) 33 (42.9) 405 (51.6) 16 (32.7) 224 (62.4) 174 (43.6) 23 (30.3) 193 (59.6) 228 (44.7)
Mild 291 (34.9) 136 (36.4) 154 (33.5) 138 (32.0) 152 (37.7) 263 (34.7) 27 (35.1) 270 (34.4) 20 (40.8) 109 (30.4) 150 (37.6) 31 (40.8) 98 (30.2) 192 (37.6)
Moderate 97 (11.6) 51 (13.6) 45 (9.8) 36 (8.4) 60 (14.9) 83 (11.0) 13 (16.9) 86 (11.0) 10 (20.4) 21 (5.8) 60 (15.0) 15 (19.7) 27 (8.3) 69 (13.5)
Severe 28 (3.4) 12 (3.2) 15 (3.3) 11 (2.6) 16 (4.0) 23 (3.0) 4 (5.2) 24 (3.1) 3 (6.1) 5 (1.4) 15 (3.8) 7 (9.2) 6 (1.9) 21 (4.1)

Data are presented as number (%)

No statistically significant difference in the severity of each symptom (depression, anxiety, and insomnia) was observed between/among age, education level, menstrual status, and marital status groups (P > 0.05), and the results are not shown in the table