Correlation between social factors and anxiety-depression in function dyspepsia: do relationships exist?

Introduction: Function dyspepsia (FD) may cause patients to suffer from anxiety and depression, and psychosocial disorders would have a significant effect on FD symptoms. Aim: To examine the prevalence of anxiety and depression among function dyspepsia (FD) patients and to identify social factors of anxiety-depression among FD patients. Material and methods: Patients with FD, who fulfilled the Rome III criteria, were enrolled. All patients were administered a validated Chinese version of the self-rating scale (SDS) and self-rating anxiety scale (SAS), and investigated regarding the patients’ social factors. Results: A total of 907 patients were enrolled, including 516 (56.89%) FD patients within anxiety-depression status; SDS mean scores were 51.57 ±8.22; SAS mean scores were 51.04 ±7.53; 52.28% were male and 64.25% were female (χ2 = 262.54, p < 0.01); 56.16% were aged 18–29 years, 54.15% were aged 30–39 years, 54.77% were aged 40–49 years, 62.02% were aged 50–59 years, 69.23% were aged above 60 years (χ2 = 18.14, p < 0.01); 67.44% were the retirees; 63.31% were manual workers; 55.10% were soldiers; 43.57% were mental workers; 38.89% were students (χ 2