Table 2 Distribution of anxiety and depression symptoms in caretakers of children with AD
From: Anxiety, depression and associated factors among caretakers of children with atopic dermatitis
Variables | Anxiety symptoms | P | Depression symptoms | P | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Very severe | Severe | Moderate | Mild | Normal | Severe | Moderate | Mild | Normal | |||
Duration of illness | |||||||||||
Median (interquartile range) | 50 (40–86) | 48 (25–79) | 52 (30–78) | 51 (33–79) | 59 (36–84) | 0.175 | 60 (31–88) | 50 (31–90) | 52 (31–80) | 56 (36–84) | 0.533 |
Age onset | |||||||||||
Median (interquartile range) | 5 (5–8) | 5 (4–8) | 6 (5–9) | 6 (4–8) | 6 (4–9) | 0.687 | 7 (4–8) | 5 (4–11) | 6 (4–8) | 6 (4–9) | 0.944 |
Working status | |||||||||||
Stay-at-home | 11 (1.5) | 20 (2.7) | 69 (9.4) | 196 (26.7) | 438 (59.7) | 0.055 | 4 (0.5) | 28 (3.8) | 246 (33.5) | 456 (62.1) | 0.021 |
Working | 3 (1.8) | 13 (7.8) | 17 (10.2) | 45 (26.9) | 89 (53.3) | 1 (0.6) | 10 (6.0) | 68 (40.7) | 88 (52.7) | ||
Education level | |||||||||||
High school or below | 3 (1.5) | 11 (5.5) | 23 (11.6) | 56 (28.1) | 106 (53.3) | 0.057 | 2 (1.0) | 15 (7.5) | 85 (42.7) | 97 (48.7) | < 0.001 |
College degree or above | 11 (1.6) | 22 (3.1) | 63 (9.0) | 185 (26.4) | 421 (60.0) | 3 (0.4) | 23 (3.3) | 229 (32.6) | 447 (63.7) | ||
Ethnicity | |||||||||||
Han | 14 (1.6) | 30 (3.5) | 81 (9.3) | 232 (26.7) | 511 (58.9) | 0.155 | 5 (0.6) | 35 (4) | 304 (35) | 524 (60.4) | 0.865 |
Others | 0 (0.0) | 3 (9.1) | 5 (15.2) | 9 (27.3) | 16 (48.5) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (9.1) | 10 (30.3) | 20 (60.6) | ||
Severity of the AD | |||||||||||
Mild | 3 (3.3) | 3 (3.3) | 5 (5.5) | 19 (20.9) | 61 (67.0) | 0.003 | 0 (0.0) | 3 (3.3) | 19 (20.9) | 69 (75.8) | < 0.001 |
Moderate | 9 (1.3) | 22 (3.3) | 64 (9.5) | 177 (26.3) | 401 (59.6) | 3 (0.4) | 27 (4.0) | 231 (34.3) | 412 (61.2) | ||
Severe | 2 (1.5) | 8 (5.8) | 17 (12.4) | 45 (32.8) | 65 (47.4) | 2 (1.5) | 8 (5.8) | 64 (46.7) | 63 (46.0) | ||
Medication compliance | |||||||||||
Good | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (8.3) | 6 (25.0) | 16 (66.7) | < 0.001 | 0 (0.0) | 1 (4.2) | 4 (16.7) | 19 (79.2) | < 0.001 |
Moderate | 2 (1.1) | 7 (3.7) | 11 (5.8) | 35 (18.4) | 135 (71.1) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (2.1) | 49 (25.8) | 137 (72.1) | ||
Poor | 12 (1.7) | 26 (3.8) | 73 (10.6) | 200 (29.2) | 375 (54.7) | 5 (0.7) | 33 (4.8) | 261 (38.0) | 387 (56.4) | ||
Residence | |||||||||||
Beijing | 7 (1.4) | 14 (2.7) | 41 (7.9) | 127 (24.6) | 328 (63.4) | < 0.001 | 1 (0.2) | 13(2.5) | 160 (30.9) | 343 (66.3) | < 0.001 |
Non-Beijing | 7 (1.8) | 19 (4.9) | 45 (11.7) | 114 (29.7) | 199 (51.8) | 4 (1.0) | 25 (6.5) | 154 (40.1) | 201 (52.3) | ||