Table 3 Correlation of anxiety with sociodemographic and clinical characteristics
From: Anxiety and depression in school-age patients with spinal muscular atrophy: a cross-sectional study
Variables | Anxiety | Non-anxiety | r | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender |  |  |  − 0.016 | 0.843 |
Male | 29 (40.8%) | 42 (59.2%) | Â | Â |
Female | 33 (39.3%) | 51 (60.7%) | Â | Â |
Age subgroups | Â | Â | 0.058 | 0.471 |
8–12 years | 47 (38.5%) | 75 (61.5%) |  |  |
13–18 years | 15 (45.5%) | 18 (54.5%) |  |  |
Types of SMA disease | Â | Â | 0.046 | 0.829 |
Type I | 4 (33.3%) | 8 (66.7%) | Â | Â |
Type II | 40 (39.6%) | 61 (60.4%) | Â | Â |
Type III | 18 (42.9%) | 24 (57.1%) | Â | Â |
Respiratory system dysfunction | Â | Â | 0.253 | 0.002 |
Yes | 23 (62.2%) | 14 (37.8%) | Â | Â |
No | 39 (33.1%) | 79 (66.9%) | Â | Â |
Digestive system dysfunction | Â | Â | 0.196 | 0.015 |
Yes | 14 (63.6%) | 8 (36.4%) | Â | Â |
No | 48 (36.1%) | 85 (63.9%) | Â | Â |
Skeletal deformity | Â | Â | 0.193 | 0.016 |
Yes | 47 (47.0%) | 53 (53.0%) | Â | Â |
No | 15 (27.3%) | 40 (72.7%) | Â | Â |
Rehabilitation exercise |  |  |  − 0.180 | 0.025 |
Yes | 22 (30.6%) | 50 (69.4%) | Â | Â |
No | 40 (48.2%) | 43 (51.8%) | Â | Â |
Academic delay | Â | Â | 0.185 | 0.021 |
Yes | 27 (31.8%) | 58 (68.2%) | Â | Â |
No | 35 (50.0%) | 35 (50.0%) | Â | Â |
Type of school |  |  |  − 0.262 | 0.001 |
Personalized | 10 (20.8%) | 38 (79.2%) | Â | Â |
Traditional | 52 (48.6%) | 55 (51.4%) | Â | Â |
Household income |  |  |  − 0.193 | 0.012 |
High (≥ 200,000 RMB) | 4 (17.4%) | 19 (82.6%) |  |  |
Low (< 200,000 RMB) | 58 (43.9%) | 74 (56.1%) |  |  |