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Prevalence and strong association of high somatic symptom severity with depression and anxiety in a Chinese inpatient population
Author(s) -
Wang Jian,
Guo WanJun,
Mo LiLing,
Luo ShanXia,
Yu JianYing,
Dong ZaiQuan,
Liu Yang,
Huang MingJin,
Wang Yu,
Chen Liang,
He Ning,
Chen Ran,
Zhang Lan,
Li Tao
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
asia‐pacific psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.654
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1758-5872
pISSN - 1758-5864
DOI - 10.1111/appy.12282
Subject(s) - anxiety , depression (economics) , marital status , patient health questionnaire , psychiatry , medicine , population , association (psychology) , odds ratio , demography , mental health , clinical psychology , psychology , environmental health , depressive symptoms , sociology , economics , psychotherapist , macroeconomics
Abstract Background The prevalence of the high somatic symptom severity (HSSS) and its associations with sociodemographic factors, depression, and anxiety has not been surveyed in inpatient populations at general hospitals. Methods A sample including 1329 inpatients in a Chinese general hospital was surveyed using Chinese version of 15‐item patient health questionnaire (PHQ‐15), 9‐item patient health questionnaire, and generalized anxiety disorder 7‐item scale. Results A total of 27.8% (n = 369) of the participants had HSSS (PHQ‐15 ≥ 10). The multivariate regression showed that HSSS was significantly associated with depression (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 5.219), anxiety (aOR, 5.810), or depression or anxiety (aOR, 5.338) but neither with sex, age, marital status, education status, household income, nor 7 kinds of physical disease systems. Discussion The symptom profile and high prevalence of HSSS, and its association with clinically significant depression and anxiety in this inpatient population were mostly consistent to that documented by studies in other populations.