Table 4.

Psychiatric morbidity in patients with caustic ingestion

Parameters	Male (n = 25)	Female (n = 17)	P‐value
Previous psychiatric diagnosis	24 (96.0%)	12 (70.6%)	0.02
Current psychiatric diagnosis	17 (68.0%)	11 (64.7%)	0.82
Mood disorder	14 (56.0%)	7 (41.2%)	0.35
Major depressive episode, current	4 (16.0%)	3 (17.6%)	0.88
Major depressive episode, past	5 (20.0%)	3 (17.6%)	0.85
Major depressive episode, recurrent	2 (8.0%)	1 (5.9%)	0.79
Dysthymia, past	4 (16.0%)	2 (11.8%)	0.70
Anxiety disorder	11 (44.0%)	4 (23.5%)	0.17
Panic disorder	3 (12%)	4 (23.5%)	0.33
Mixed anxiety depression	2 (8.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0.23
Specific phobia	1 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0.40
Posttraumatic stress disorder	1 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0.40
Generalized anxiety disorder	2 (8.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0.23
Adjustment disorder	2 (8.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0.23
Substance use disorder	11 (44.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0.23
Alcohol dependence	6 (24.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0.03
Alcohol abuse	3 (12.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0.14
Other substance dependence	7 (28.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0.02
Suicidality	10 (40.0%)	9 (52.9%)	0.41
Low	10 (40.0%)	4 (23.5%)	0.004
Moderate	0 (0.0%)	4 (23.5%)
High	0 (0.0%)	1 (5.9%)
Risk of current suicidality	1.04 ± 1.77	5.35 ± 6.45	<0.01
PDS‐5 total score	21.04 ± 12.08	21.88 ± 13.35	0.83
Symptom severity	15.6 ± 10.36	16.24 ± 10.89	0.85
Distress and interference	2.68 ± 1.6	3.18 ± 2.13	0.39
HADS total score	10.04 ± 9.7	11.59 ± 9.12	0.61
Anxiety subscale	5.96 ± 5.01	6.35 ± 4.82	0.80
Depression subscale	4.08 ± 4.96	5.24 ± 4.56	0.44
PHQ‐9 total score	6.16 ± 6.18	7.82 ± 6.61	0.41

Values given in bold are p values that were found significant.

HADS, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; PDS‐5, Posttraumatic stress disorder diagnostic scale for DSM 5; PHQ‐9, Patient Health Questionnaire‐9.