Impact of anxiety and depression on treatment adherence and nursing workload in hospitalized patients with gastrointestinal diseases

Table 1 Comparison of baseline patient characteristics, mean ± SD/n (%)/median (P25, P75)

Characteristic	Group A (n = 93)	Group B (n = 67)	Statistic	P value
Demographics
Age (years)	50.89 ± 13.41	44.62 ± 13.18	t = 2.939	0.004
Sex (male)	47 (50.54)	31 (46.27)	χ2 = 0.284	0.594
Education, college and above	57 (61.29)	39 (58.21)	χ2 = 0.154	0.695
Marital status, married	80 (86.02)	56 (83.58)	χ2 = 0.182	0.670
Clinical features
Disease type, functional	27 (29.03)	40 (59.70)	χ2 = 15.050	< 0.001
Disease severity score	3 (2, 5)	5 (4, 7)	U = 3562.500	< 0.001
Number of extra-gastrointestinal comorbidities	1 (0, 2)	1 (0, 2)	U = 5235.500	0.664
Underwent surgery, yes	12 (12.90)	13 (19.40)	χ2 = 1.248	0.264
Laboratory indicators
Admission CRP (mg/L)	3.90 (1.80, 9.40)	8.15 (3.20, 18.33)	U = 3820.000	0.003
Admission albumin (g/L)	38.92 ± 5.01	37.71 ± 5.33	t = 1.467	0.144
Psychological scores
HADS-A total score	4.89 ± 2.41	11.23 ± 4.52	t = -11.462	< 0.001
HADS-D total score	4.61 ± 2.35	10.31 ± 4.38	t = -10.615	< 0.001

CRP: C-reactive protein; HADS-A: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-anxiety subscale; HADS-D: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-depression subscale.