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Table 5 Percentage of anxious and depressed patients in three disease groups based on the HADS criteria for caseness (score > 7)

From: Psychological problems in gastroenterology outpatients: A South Australian experience. Psychological co-morbidity in IBD, IBS and hepatitis C

Disease

HCV (n = 41)

IBD (n = 64)

IBS (n = 34)

Total (n = 139)

Number of participants/percent

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Anxiety

18 (44)

24 (37)

16 (47)

58 (42)

Depression

14 (34)*

7 (11)*

5 (15)*

26 (19)

  1. *χ2 (2) = 9.326, p = 0.009