Correlation between anxiety, depression, and social stress in young patients with thoracolumbar spine fractures

Table 3 Comparison of clinical characteristics of patients with different anxiety conditions

	Non-anxiety group (n = 51)	Anxiety group (n = 49)	χ2	P value
Age (year)	24.10 ± 1.70	24.01 ± 1.38	0.289	0.772
Gender			2.401	0.121
Male	40	44
Female	11	5
BMI	23.52 ± 1.48	23.34 ± 1.43	0.618	0.538
Fracture site			0.000	0.978
L1-2	42	45
T11-12	9	4
Cause of injury			0.211	0.899
Traffic accidents	43	40
Falling	5	5
Crushing injuries	3	4
Occupation			4.697	0.030
Yes	42	47
No	9	2
VAS score	3.76 ± 0.47	3.86 ± 0.46	1.075	0.285
PSQI score	6.96 ± 3.21	8.33 ± 3.05	2.186	0.031
Educational			0.008	0.926
Bachelor degree or above	15	14
Junior college/senior high school or below	36	35
Monthly family income			0.364	0.546
> 5000	38	39
≤ 5000	13	10
Way of medical payment			1.149	0.284
Medical insurance	42	36
Self-funded	9	13

BMI: Body mass index; VAS: Visual analogue scale; PSQI: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index.