Table 4.

Bivariate analysis of associations between patient characteristics and psychological effects of intestinal stomas

Characteristic	Depression p-values	Body image p-values	Anxiety p-values
Type of stoma ▪ Colostomy ▪ Ileostomy	0.565	0.419	0.665
Stoma Intent ▪ Permanent ▪ Temporary	0.141	0.012 *	0.480
Gender ▪ Male ▪ Female	0.385	0.388	0.061
Education ▪ Primary ▪ Ordinary secondary ▪ Higher secondary ▪ University degree	0.540	0.169	0.629
Marital status before stoma ▪ Single ▪ Married ▪ Divorced ▪ Widowed	0.004 **	0.152	0.005 **
Age in years ▪ 18–30 ▪ 31–45 ▪ 46–60 ▪ ≤ 61	0.9767	0.1591	0.3664
Duration in Month ▪ 1–6 ▪ 7–12 ▪ 13–18 ▪ >18	0.4265	0.4785	0.2710

^*There is association

^**There is stronger association