Prevalence and its associated psychological variables of symptoms of depression and anxiety among ovarian cancer patients in China: a cross-sectional study

Table 1 Demographic and clinical variables of participants (N = 198)

Variable	N	%	Mean ± SD	Median (Range)
Demographic variables	198
Age (years)			55.71 ± 9.03	55 (29–79)
≤45	19	9.6
46–55	82	41.4
≥ 56	97	49.0
Marital status
Married/living with a partner	180	90.9
Single/widowed/divorced	18	9.1
Educational level
Primary school	54	27.2
Middle school	73	36.9
High school	45	22.7
Junior college or above	26	13.1
Income (Yuan per month)
≤1000	27	13.6
1001–2000	70	35.3
2001–3000	59	29.8
3001–4000	24	12.1
≥ 4001	18	9.1
Clinical variables
Cancer stage
I	35	17.7
II	19	9.6
III + IV	144	72.7
Treatment type
No treatment	13	6.6
Chemotherapy	59	29.8
Surgery	12	6.0
Combined treatment	114	57.6
Metastasis
No	184	92.9
Yes	14	7.1
HADS-Depression symptoms	93	47.0	7.01 ± 3.77	7 (0–21)
8–10	63	31.8
≥ 11	30	15.2
HADS-Anxiety symptoms	102	51.5	7.37 ± 4.17	8 (0–20)
8–10	60	30.3
≥ 11	42	21.2

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