Prevalence of anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder among Omani children and adolescents diagnosed with cancer: a prospective cross-sectional study

Table 2 Prevalence of anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder* over time among Omani children and adolescents diagnosed with cancer (N = 92)

	First assessment (T1)	Second assessment (T2)	Statistics†	p value
Prevalence, n (%)
Anxiety
Yes	40 (43.5)	35 (38.0)	8.633	0.473
No	52 (56.5)	57 (62.0)	8.633	0.473
Depression
Yes	52 (56.5)	33 (35.9)	2.155	0.004‡
No	40 (43.5)	59 (64.1)	2.155	0.004‡
PTSD
Yes	30 (32.6)	22 (23.9)	26.248	0.096
No	62 (67.4)	70 (76.1)	26.248	0.096
Average score, mean ± SD
Anxiety	23.7 ± 10.6	21.7 ± 11.0	2.050	0.043‡
Depression	17.7 ± 10.7	13.6 ± 8.9	3.472	0.001‡
PTSD	23.9 ± 18.5	21.3 ± 16.8	1.619	0.109

Abbreviations: PTSD: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, SD: Standard Deviation. *The presence of anxiety, depression, and PTSD symptoms was assessed using validated Arabic versions of the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorders, Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale for Children, and Impact of Event Scale-Revised instruments, respectively. Scores of ≥ 25, ≥15, and ≥ 33, respectively, were considered indicative of an anxiety disorder, depressive symptoms, and a probable diagnosis of PTSD [15,16,17,18,19,20]. †Calculated using either McNemar’s test or a paired t-test, as appropriate. ‡Considered statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05

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