Table 2.

Anxiety and depressive symptoms scores in 70 consecutive patients with UC.

GAD-7 SCORE (Mean ± SD)	8.63 ± 5.89	PHQ-9 SCORE (Mean ± SD)	6.87 ± 4.975
	N (%)		N (%)
Below the normal threshold for anxiety (less than 5)	24 (34.3)	Below the cut-off point to have depression (0–4)	29 (41.4)
Mild anxiety symptoms (5–9)	15 (21.4)	Mild depressive symptoms (5–9)	21 (30)
Moderate anxiety symptoms (10–14)	18 (25.7)	Moderate depressive symptoms (10–14)	16 (22.9)
Severe Anxiety symptoms (15 and above)	13 (18.6)	Moderately severe depressive symptoms (15–19)	3 (4.3)
		Severe depressive symptoms (20–27)	1 (1.4)

UC ulcerative colitis, GAD-7 generalized anxiety disorder-7, PHQ-9 patient health questionnaire-9, SD standard deviation.