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

Table 5 Comparison of various characteristics of the study group according to presence of hepatocellular carcinoma

Parameters	HCC (+) (n = 32)	HCC (-) (n = 284)	P value
Age (yr)			0.195
Median	52	50
IQR	59-44	58-36
BMI (kg/m2)			0.063
Median	26	25
IQR	29-23	28-22
Gender (%)			1.000
Female	13 (40.6)	114 (40.1)
Male	19 (59.4)	170 (59.9)
Biliary complications			0.147
Presence	16 (50)	184 (64.8)
Absence	16 (50)	100 (35.2)
SCAS scores			0.006
Median	92	96
IQR	95-68	108-86
BDS scores			0.003
Median	13	9
IQR	17-8	13-5
STAI-I (state) scores			0.856
Median	34	35
IQR	50-26	41-28
STAI-II (trait) scores			0.009
Median	45	42
IQR	56-39	50-36
BDS (categorized form)			0.004
Minimal depression	10 (31.3)	173 (60.9)
Mild depression	12 (37.5)	73 (25.7)
Moderate depression	10 (31.3)	35 (12.3)
Severe depression	0 (0)	3 (0.9)
STAI-I (state) (categorized form)			0.968
Presence anxiety	16 (50)	148 (52.1)
Absence anxiety	16 (50)	136 (47.9)
STAI-II (trait) (categorized form)			0.402
Presence anxiety	30 (93.8)	245 (86.3)
Absence anxiety	2 (6.2)	39 (13.7)

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