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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. 2 (2) = 9.326, p = 0.009