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Table 1 Anxiety, depression, health status, and sample characteristics of EMPATHY trial patients at baseline

From: Burden of mental health symptoms and perceptions of their management in in-centre hemodialysis care: a mixed methods study

Mean ± SD or N (%)

Overall at baseline (N = 408)

Depressive symptoms (PHQ-2 ≥ 3) at baseline (N = 121)

Anxiety symptoms (GAD-2 ≥ 3) at baseline (N = 87)

Age (years)

64.0 ± 15.4

62.6 ± 14.8

63.7 ± 14.8

Sex (male)

231 (56.6%)

68 (60.2%)

39 (47.6%)

Education level

 < High school

113 (28.1%)

37 (33.0%)

27 (33.8%)

 High school diploma

153 (38.1%)

44 (39.3%)

33 (41.3$)

 > High school

136 (33.8%)

31 (27.7%)

20 (25.0%)

Employment status

 Employed

54 (13.5%)

5 (4.4%)

7 (8.8%)

 Retired

186 (46.4%)

57 (50.4%)

33 (41.3%)

 Unemployed/disabled

161 (40.1%)

57 (45.1%)

40 (50.0%)

PHQ-2

 Total score

1.72 ± 1.68

3.93 ± 1.05

3.60 ± 1.57

  ≥ 3

121 (29.2%)

 

64 (74.4%)

GAD-2

 Total score

1.36 ± 1.68

2.68 ± 1.93

4.10 ± 1.12

 ≥ 3

87 (21.1%)

64 (53.3%)

 

Composite variable*

 − anxiety − depression

266 (65.2%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

 + anxiety − depression

22 (5.4%)

0 (0.0%)

22 (25.6%)

 − anxiety + depression

56 (13.7%)

56 (46.7%)

0 (0.0%)

 + anxiety + depression

64 (15.7%)

64 (53.3%)

64 (74.4%)

  1. *− anxiety = GAD-2 < 3, + anxiety = GAD-2 ≥ 3, − depression = PHQ-2 < 3, + depression = PHQ = 2 ≥ 3