Table 4 Treatment of depression and anxiety symptoms among patients attending CVCs.

From: The prevalence, recognition, and treatment of depression and anxiety symptoms among Chinese cardiovascular outpatients

 

Treatment, N (%)

p value

No treatment

661 (63.0)

Psycho-education

89 (8.5)

Medication treatment

299 (28.5)

  

Chinese medicine

185 (17.6)

Western medicine

44

(4.2)

Combined medicine

70 (6.7)

Gender, n (%)

   

0.198

Male

359 (62.8)

48 (8.4)

112 (19.6)

19 (3.3)

34 (5.9)

 

Female

302 (63.3)

41 (8.6)

73 (15.3)

25 (5.2)

36 (7.5)

Age group, n (%)

     

0.004

Young adult

58 (63.7)

16 (17.6)

7 (7.7)

2 (2.2)

8 (8.8)

 

Middle-aged

188 (62.9)

29 (9.7)

57 (19.1)

8 (2.7)

17 (5.7)

Elderly

415 (63.0)

44 (6.7)

121 (18.4)

34 (5.2)

45 (6.8)

Region, n (%)

     

< 0.001

East China

280 (77.6)

27 (7.5)

34 (9.4)

17 (4.7)

3 (0.8)

 

North China

116 (66.3)

14 (8.0)

35 (20.0)

2 (1.1)

8 (4.6)

 

Northeast China

96 (50.0)

8 (4.2)

46 (24.0)

12 (6.2)

30 (15.6)

 

South Central China

124 (49.2)

26 (10.3)

66 (26.2)

12 (4.8)

24 (9.5)

 

West China

45 (64.3)

14 (20.0)

5 (7.1)

1 (1.4)

5 (7.1)

 

Hospital, n (%)

     

0.382

Secondary Hospital

83 (62.9)

8 (6.1)

30 (22.7)

4 (3.0)

7 (5.3)

 

Tertiary Hospital

578 (63.0)

81 (8.8)

155 (16.9)

40 (4.4)

63 (6.9)

 

Severity of depression, n (%)

     

< 0.001

Mild

257 (60.2)

37 (8.7)

93 (21.8)

16 (3.7)

24 (5.6)

 

Moderate

77 (48.7)

7 (4.4)

42 (26.6)

12 (7.6)

20 (12.7)

Severe

25 (42.4)

8 (13.6)

11 (18.6)

7 (11.9)

8 (13.6)

Total

359 (55.7)

52 (8.1)

146 (22.7)

35 (5.4)

52 (8.1)

 

Severity of anxiety, n (%)

     

< 0.001

Mild

251 (59.6)

37 (8.8)

89 (21.1)

16 (3.8)

28 (6.7)

 

Moderate

32 (34.8)

11 (12.0)

28 (30.4)

11 (12.0)

10 (10.9)

 

Severe

22 (46.8)

6 (12.8)

7 (14.9)

1 (2.1)

11 (23.4)

 

Total

305 (54.5)

54 (9.6)

124 (22.1)

28 (5.0)

49 (8.8)

 

Depression or Anxiety, n (%)

     

< 0.001

Only depression

99 (66.0)

7 (4.7)

29 (19.3)

9 (6.0)

6 (4.0)

 

Only anxiety

45 (68.2)

9 (13.6)

7 (10.6)

2 (3.0)

3 (4.5)

Comorbidity

260 (52.6)

45 (9.1)

117 (23.7)

26 (5.3)

46 (9.3)