Factors affecting anxiety, depression, and self-care ability in patients who have undergone liver transplantation

Table 4 Comparison of various characteristics of the study group according to presence of postoperative biliary complications

Parameters	Biliary complications (+) (n = 200)	Biliary complications (-) (n = 116)	P value
Age (yr)			0.126
Median	48	53
IQR	56-36	60-40
Gender (%)			0.533
Female	83 (41.5)	44 (37.9)
Male	117 (58.5)	72 (62.1)
BMI (kg/m2)			0.038
Median	26	25
IQR	28-22	27-22
Type of LT			< 0.001
LDLT	194 (97)	97 (83.6)
DDLT	6 (3)	19 (16.4)
SCAS scores			0.002
Median	94	98
IQR	108-82	107-89
BDS scores			0.375
Median	9	9
IQR	15-5	12-7
STAI-I (state) scores			0.004
Median	37	32
IQR	43-29	41-27
STAI-II (trait) scores			0.454
Median	42	42
IQR	50-36	54-37
BDS (categorized form)			0.040
Minimal depression	114 (57)	69 (59.5)
Mild depression	52 (26)	33 (28.4)
Moderate depression	34 (17)	11 (9.5)
Severe depression	0(0)	3 (2.6)
STAI-I (state)			0.009
Presence anxiety	115(57.5)	49(42.2)
Absence anxiety	85(42.5)	67(57.8)
STAI-II (trait)			1.000
Presence anxiety	174 (87.0)	101 (87.1)
Absence anxiety	26 (13.0)	15 (12.9)

BDS: Beck Depression Scale; BMI: Body mass index; IQR (Q3-Q1): Inter-quartile range; SCAS: Self-Care Agency Scale; STAI: State-Trait Anxiety Scale.