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Table 2 Living status, education, antidepressant medication and psychometrical scores according to HADS-A values (n = 98)

From: Preoperative anxiety as predictor of perioperative clinical events following carotid surgery: a prospective observational study

 

HADS-A ≤ 6 (%), n = 60 (61)

HADS-A > 6 (%), n = 38 (39)

P value

Living with another

47 (78)

27 (73)

0.626a

Basic education (primary school)

19 (32)

12 (33)

1.0a

Vocational training

31 (53)

19 (53)

1.0a

High school completed

4 (7)

3 (8)

1.0a

University completed

3 (5)

1 (3)

1.0a

Antidepressant medication

6 (10)

9 (24)

.068a

STAI-T median (IQR)

33 (29-38)

45 (38-48)

< .001b

 STAI-T ≥ 45

0

17 (45)

 

STAI-S median (IQR)

36 (30-39)

41 (38-49.5)

< .001b

 STAI-S ≥ 45

7 (12)

15 (39)

 

HADS-D median (IQR)

3 (1-5)

6.5 (3-9)

< .001b

 HADS-D ≥ 9

2 (3)

12 (32)

 
  1. No data on living status in 3 patients, no data on education in 6 patients; IQR interquartile range, STAI-T Spielberger state and trait anxiety inventory-trait component, STAI-S Spielberger state and trait anxiety inventory-state component, IQR interquartile range, HADS-D hospital anxiety and depression scale-depression component
  2. aFisher exact
  3. bIndependent t test, two-tailed