Association of emotional state with treatment compliance and clinical symptom improvement in pediatric bronchopneumonia patients

Table 2 Differences in emotional states among pediatric bronchopneumonia patients by clinical features, mean ± SD

Variable	DSRSC (points)	t value	P value	SCARED (points)	t value	P value
Sex		0.787	0.432		0.311	0.756
Male (n = 160)	14.73 ± 4.17			22.99 ± 6.27
Female (n = 146)	15.12 ± 4.50			22.78 ± 5.45
Age (years)		0.975	0.330		0.102	0.919
≤ 10 (n = 127)	14.63 ± 4.23			22.93 ± 6.09
> 10 (n = 179)	15.12 ± 4.40			22.86 ± 5.75
Illness duration (day)		2.016	0.045		6.921	< 0.001
≤ 4 (n = 129)	13.22 ± 3.98			20.35 ± 5.19
> 4 (n = 177)	16.15 ± 4.16			24.74 ± 5.68
Disease severity		4.050	< 0.001		4.784	< 0.001
Mild (n = 171)	14.05 ± 4.32			21.51 ± 5.70
Moderate (n = 135)	16.02 ± 4.10			24.64 ± 5.66

DSRSC: Depression Self-Rating Scale for Children; SCARED: Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders.