| Low-distress group (n = 202) | Somatically distressed group (n = 89) | Psychologically distressed group (n = 51) | Mixed distress group (n = 149) | F/χ 2 value | p value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (M ± SD) | 46.5 ± 16.7a | 47.7 ± 15.4a | 41.2 ± 16.5b | 42.4 ± 16.0b | 3.6 | .014 |
Female (%) | 59.4 | 80.9 | 51.0 | 69.1 | 18.3 | <Â .001 |
Insurance (yes %) | 85.8 | 91.0 | 70.8 | 84.0 | 2.5 | .060 |
Residence (%) | 1.5 | .219 | ||||
 City | 82.7 | 84.3 | 78.4 | 73.0 |  |  |
 Rural | 17.3 | 15.7 | 21.6 | 27.0 |  |  |
Marital status (%) | 1.0 | .388 | ||||
 Single | 18.0 | 11.2 | 26.0 | 25.9 |  |  |
 Married | 64.5 | 68.5 | 48.0 | 58.5 |  |  |
 Divorced/widowed | 17.5 | 20.2 | 26.0 | 15.6 |  |  |
Life situation (%) | .8 | .479 | ||||
 Alone | 9.5 | 11.4 | 17.6 | 15.2 |  |  |
 With others | 90.5 | 88.6 | 82.4 | 84.8 |  |  |
Monthly family income (%) | 3.1 | .027 | ||||
 Less than 4000 RMB | 35.6b | 36.4b | 52.9a | 47.6a |  |  |
 4000–8000 RMB | 37.6 | 37.5 | 27.5 | 34.5 |  |  |
 More than 8000 RMB | 26.7 | 26.1 | 19.6 | 17.9 |  |  |
Occupation (%) | .3 | .835 | ||||
 Employed/student | 39.0 | 33.0 | 43.1 | 41.9 |  |  |
 Unemployed | 37.4 | 38.6 | 27.5 | 29.7 |  |  |
 Retired | 23.6 | 28.4 | 29.4 | 28.4 |  |  |
Education (%) | 2.0 | .115 | ||||
 Elementary | 10.0 | 13.5 | 6.0 | 11.8 |  |  |
 College preparatory | 46.5 | 48.3 | 48.0 | 54.2 |  |  |
 University or higher | 43.5 | 38.2 | 46.0 | 34.0 |  |  |
Illness duration (%) | 4.4 | .004 | ||||
 < 4 weeks | 22.3 | 9.0 | 11.8 | 5.4 |  |  |
 4 weeks–6 months | 13.9 | 19.1 | 19.6 | 20.8 |  |  |
 6 months–1 year | 14.9 | 13.5 | 7.8 | 12.8 |  |  |
 1–2 years | 19.8 | 15.7 | 21.6 | 18.8 |  |  |
 > 2 years | 29.2b | 42.7 | 39.2a | 42.3a |  |  |