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. 2021 Jun 24;12:690295. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.690295

Table 2.

Psychological distress in organ transplant recipients during COVID-19 pandemic.

Variables Depression Anxiety Insomnia PTSD
Yes No P Yes No P Yes No P Yes No P
Total 41 (13.4) 264 (86.6) 21 (6.9) 284 (93.1) 36 (11.8) 269 (88.2) 93 (30.5) 212 (69.5)
Gender
Male 28 (14.3) 168 (85.7) 0.563 14 (7.1) 182 (92.9) 0.812 24 (12.2) 172 (87.8) 0.749 56 (28.6) 140 (71.4) 0.329
Female 13 (11.9) 96 (88.1) 7 (6.4) 102 (93.6) 12 (11.0) 97 (89.0) 37 (33.9) 72 (66.1)
Age (year)
<30 2 (6.7) 28 (93.3) 0.298 2 (6.7) 28 (93.3) 0.335 1 (3.3) 29 (96.7) 0.003 5 (16.7) 25 (83.3) 0.002
30- 11 (12.0) 81 (88.0) 4 (4.3) 88 (95.7) 6 (6.5) 86 (93.5) 19 (20.7) 73 (79.3)
40- 21 (17.8) 97 (82.2) 12 (10.2) 106 (89.8) 24 (20.3) 94 (79.7) 50 (42.4) 68 (57.6)
≥50 7 (10.8) 58 (89.2) 3 (4.6) 62 (95.4) 5 (7.7) 60 (92.3) 19 (29.2) 46 (70.8)
Marital status
Unmarried 8 (14.0) 49 (86.0) 0.884 5 (8.8) 52 (91.2) 0.562 3 (5.3) 54 (94.7) 0.090 9 (15.8) 48 (84.2) 0.007
Married* 33 (13.3) 215 (86.7) 16 (6.5) 232 (93.5) 33 (13.3) 215 (86.7) 84 (33.9) 164 (66.1)
Education level
Lower than undergraduate 26 (16.0) 136 (84.0) 0.155 14 (8.6) 148 (91.4) 0.197 15 (9.3) 147 (90.7) 0.143 58 (35.8) 104 (64.2) 0.032
Undergraduate or higher 15 (10.5) 128 (89.5) 7 (4.9) 136 (95.1) 21 (14.7) 122 (85.3) 35 (24.5) 108 (75.5)
Ethnic groups
Han Ethnic group 39 (14.3) 234 (85.7) 0.279 21 (7.7) 252 (92.3) 0.145 31 (11.4) 242 (88.6) 0.559 83 (30.4) 190 (69.6) 0.922
Ethnic minorities 2 (6.3) 30 (93.8) 0 (0.0) 32 (100.0) 5 (15.6) 27 (84.4) 10 (31.3) 22 (68.8)
Living area
Unban area 33 (14.2) 200 (85.8) 0.507 16 (6.9) 217 (93.1) 1.000 32 (13.7) 201 (86.3) 0.060 70 (30.0) 163 (70.0) 0.759
Rural area 8 (11.1) 64 (88.9) 5 (6.9) 67 (93.1) 4 (5.6) 68 (94.4) 23 (31.9) 49 (68.1)
Living status
Alone 4 (30.8) 9 (69.2) 0.081 1 (7.7) 12 (92.3) 1.000 2 (15.4) 11 (84.6) 0.657 7 (53.8) 6 (46.2) 0.071
With others 37 (12.7) 255 (87.3) 20 (6.8) 272 (93.2) 34 (11.6) 258 (88.4) 86 (29.5) 206 (70.5)
Worry about infection
Yes 28 (13.1) 186 (86.9) 0.778 15 (7.0) 199 (93.0) 0.896 25 (11.7) 189 (88.3) 0.920 78 (36.4) 136 (63.6) 0.001
No 13 (14.3) 78 (85.7) 6 (6.6) 85 (93.4) 11 (12.1) 80 (87.9) 15 (16.5) 76 (83.5)
Type of transplantation
Kidney 6 (15.4) 33 (84.6) 0.470 6 (15.4) 33 (84.6) 0.134 7 (17.9) 32 (82.1) 0.056 13 (33.3) 26 (66.7) 0.359
Heart 31 (12.5) 217 (87.5) 14 (5.6) 234 (94.4) 28 (11.3) 220 (88.3) 72 (29.0) 176 (71.0)
Liver 4 (22.2) 14 (77.8) 1 (5.6) 17 (94.4) 1 (5.6) 18 (94.4) 8 (44.4) 10 (55.6)
Post-operative time (month)
<12 21 (14.8) 121 (85.2) 0.520 8 (5.6) 134 (94.4) 0.420 18 (12.7) 124 (87.3) 0.659 38 (26.8) 104 (73.2) 0.186
≥12 20 (12.3) 143 (87.7) 13 (8.0) 150 (92.0) 18 (11.0) 145 (89.0) 55 (33.7) 108 (66.3)
Comorbidities
Yes 29 (16.5) 147 (83.5) 0.070 16 (9.1) 160 (90.9) 0.076 29 (16.5) 147 (83.5) 0.003 58 (33.0) 118 (67.0) 0.275
No 12 (9.3) 117 (90.7) 5 (3.9) 124 (96.1) 7 (5.4) 122 (94.6) 35 (27.1) 94 (72.9)

PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder.

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Including 13 widowed or divorced participants.