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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of patients with different distress patterns (n = 491)

From: Psychological and somatic distress in Chinese outpatients at general hospitals: a cross-sectional study

 

Low-distress group (n = 202)

Somatically distressed group (n = 89)

Psychologically distressed group (n = 51)

Mixed distress group (n = 149)

F/χ 2 value

p value

Age (M ± SD)

46.5 ± 16.7a

47.7 ± 15.4a

41.2 ± 16.5b

42.4 ± 16.0b

3.6

.014

Female (%)

59.4

80.9

51.0

69.1

18.3

< .001

Insurance (yes %)

85.8

91.0

70.8

84.0

2.5

.060

Residence (%)

1.5

.219

 City

82.7

84.3

78.4

73.0

  

 Rural

17.3

15.7

21.6

27.0

  

Marital status (%)

1.0

.388

 Single

18.0

11.2

26.0

25.9

  

 Married

64.5

68.5

48.0

58.5

  

 Divorced/widowed

17.5

20.2

26.0

15.6

  

Life situation (%)

.8

.479

 Alone

9.5

11.4

17.6

15.2

  

 With others

90.5

88.6

82.4

84.8

  

Monthly family income (%)

3.1

.027

 Less than 4000 RMB

35.6b

36.4b

52.9a

47.6a

  

 4000–8000 RMB

37.6

37.5

27.5

34.5

  

 More than 8000 RMB

26.7

26.1

19.6

17.9

  

Occupation (%)

.3

.835

 Employed/student

39.0

33.0

43.1

41.9

  

 Unemployed

37.4

38.6

27.5

29.7

  

 Retired

23.6

28.4

29.4

28.4

  

Education (%)

2.0

.115

 Elementary

10.0

13.5

6.0

11.8

  

 College preparatory

46.5

48.3

48.0

54.2

  

 University or higher

43.5

38.2

46.0

34.0

  

Illness duration (%)

4.4

.004

 < 4 weeks

22.3

9.0

11.8

5.4

  

 4 weeks–6 months

13.9

19.1

19.6

20.8

  

 6 months–1 year

14.9

13.5

7.8

12.8

  

 1–2 years

19.8

15.7

21.6

18.8

  

 > 2 years

29.2b

42.7

39.2a

42.3a

  
  1. Values with a were significantly higher than values with b in multi-group comparisons; age and gender were controlled for comparisons of other sociodemographic characteristics among the four distress groups
  2. Italic values indicate significance of p value (p<0.05)