Correlations between anxiety/depression, self-efficacy, and social support in patients with gastric cancer and analysis of risk factors

Table 5 Univariate analysis for predictors of anxiety and depression in gastric cancer patients, n (%)

Factors	Anxiety-depression group (n = 73)	Non-anxiety-depression group (n = 51)	χ2 value	P value
Gender			4.286	0.038
Male	38 (52.05)	36 (70.59)
Female	35 (47.95)	15 (29.41)
Age (years)			10.730	0.001
< 60	36 (49.32)	40 (78.43)
≥ 60	37 (50.68)	11 (21.57)
Marital status			0.022	0.883
Married	51 (69.86)	35 (68.63)
Single/divorced/widowed	22 (30.14)	16 (31.37)
Educational attainment			0.285	0.593
≤ Senior high school	45 (61.64)	29 (56.86)
> Senior high school	28 (38.36)	22 (43.14)
Clinical stage			4.586	0.032
I-II	33 (45.21)	33 (64.71)
III-IV	40 (54.79)	18 (35.29)
Tumor location			1.005	0.605
Antrum	48 (65.75)	30 (58.82)
Cardia	17 (23.29)	16 (31.37)
Gastric body	8 (10.96)	5 (9.80)
Tumor size (cm)			3.905	0.048
< 3	27 (36.99)	28 (54.90)
≥ 3	46 (63.01)	23 (45.10)
GSES (score)			5.331	0.021
< 18	44 (60.27)	20 (39.22)
≥ 18	29 (39.73)	31 (60.78)
PSSS (score)			5.243	0.022
< 56	41 (56.16)	18 (35.29)
≥ 56	32 (43.84)	33 (64.71)

PSSS: Perceived social support scale; GSES: General self-efficacy scale.