Table 5 Correlation of depression with sociodemographic and clinical characteristics
From: Anxiety and depression in school-age patients with spinal muscular atrophy: a cross-sectional study
| Variables | Depression | Non-depression | r | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | − 0.064 | 0.428 | ||
| Male | 20 (28.2%) | 51 (71.8%) | ||
| Female | 19 (22.6%) | 65 (77.4%) | ||
| Age subgroups | 0.134 | 0.095 | ||
| 8–12 years | 27 (22.1%) | 95 (77.9%) | ||
| 13–18 years | 12 (36.4%) | 21 (63.6%) | ||
| Types of SMA disease | − 0.111 | 0.114 | ||
| Type I | 6 (50.0%) | 6 (50.0%) | ||
| Type II | 24 (23.8%) | 77 (76.2%) | ||
| Type III | 9 (21.4%) | 33 (78.6%) | ||
| Respiratory system dysfunction | 0.268 | 0.001 | ||
| Yes | 17 (45.9%) | 20 (54.1%) | ||
| No | 22 (18.6%) | 96 (81.4%) | ||
| Digestive system dysfunction | 0.318 | < 0.001 | ||
| Yes | 13 (59.1%) | 9 (40.9%) | ||
| No | 26 (19.5%) | 107 (80.5%) | ||
| Skeletal deformity | 0.181 | 0.024 | ||
| Yes | 31 (31.0%) | 69 (69.0%) | ||
| No | 8 (14.5%) | 47 (85.5%) | ||
| Rehabilitation exercise | − 0.182 | 0.023 | ||
| Yes | 12 (16.7%) | 60 (83.3%) | ||
| No | 27 (32.5%) | 56 (67.5%) | ||
| Academic delay | 0.280 | < 0.001 | ||
| Yes | 12 (14.1%) | 73 (85.9%) | ||
| No | 27 (38.6%) | 43 (61.4%) | ||
| Type of school | − 0.195 | 0.015 | ||
| Personalized | 6 (12.5%) | 42 (87.5%) | ||
| Traditional | 33 (30.8%) | 74 (69.2%) | ||
| Household income | 0.009 | 0.912 | ||
| High (≥ 200,000 RMB) | 6 (26.1%) | 17 (73.9%) | ||
| Low (< 200,000 RMB) | 33 (25.0%) | 99 (75.0%) |