Characterization of the stanford integrated psychosocial assessment for transplant for heart, liver, and kidney transplant candidates in Japan

Table 3 SIPAT scores by demographic characteristics

	All (n = 167)			Heart (n = 25)			Liver (n = 71)			Kidney (n = 71)
Demographic Characteristics	N (%)	SIPAT Total Mean(SD)	P Value	N (%)	SIPAT Total Mean(SD)	P Value	N (%)	SIPAT Total Mean(SD)	P Value	N (%)	SIPAT Total Mean(SD)	P Value
Age years
< 30	14 (8.4)	18.14 (7.10)	.641^a	6(24.0)	18.00 (5.06)	.832^a	3 (4.2)	22.33 (11.24)	.616^a	5 (7.0)	15.80(6.98)	.554^a
30–59	124 (74.3)	20.43 (8.00)		17 (68.0)	16.76 (6.14)		54 (76.1)	22.76 (9.25)		53 (74.6)	19.23(6.41)
> 60	29 (17.4)	19.24 (5.86)		2 (8.0)	17.00 (9.90)		14 (19.7)	19.57 (6.31)		13 (18.3)	19.23(5.28)
Sex
Female	61 (36.5)	19.02 (7.08)	.281^b	6 (24.0)	15.33 (7.98)	.333^b	35 (49.3)	19.91 (7.37)	.062^b	20 (28.2)	18.55(6.49)	.725^b
Male	106 (63.5)	20.61 (7.85)		19 (76.0)	17.63 (5.62)		36 (50.7)	24.25 (9.62)		51 (71.8)	19.16(6.19)
Highest level of education obtained
≤High school	92 (55.1)	20.48 (7.07)	.144^b	13 (52.0)	17.38 (7.06)	.894^b	47 (66.2)	21.91 (7.12)	.507^b	32 (45.1)	19.63(6.66)	.418^b
>High school	75 (44.9)	19.48 (8.21)		12 (48.0)	16.75 (4.62)		24 (33.8)	22.50 (11.58)		39 (54.9)	18.46(5.90)
Psychiatric treatment
Yes	28 (16.8)	26.46 (10.12)	< .001^b	6 (24.0)	20.00 (8.74)	.555^b	15 (21.1)	29.13 (11.64)	.006^b	7 (9.9)	26.29(4.68)	.001^b
No	139 (83.2)	18.73 (6.27)		19 (76.0)	16.16 (4.63)		56 (78.9)	20.23 (6.86)		64 (90.1)	18.19(5.88)
Employed
Yes	115 (68.9)	18.93 (6.41)	.016^b	17 (68.0)	17.65 (5.85)	.669^b	41(57.7)	20.10 (7.24)	.034^b	57 (80.3)	18.47(5.90)	.141^b
No	52 (31.1)	22.46 (9.34)		8 (32.0)	15.88 (6.22)		30 (42.3)	24.87 (10.06)		14 (19.7)	21.07(7.31)

SD: standard deviation. SIPAT: Stanford Integrated Psychosocial Assessment for Transplantation. P: P Value was based on either Kruskal–Wallis test ^a or Mann–Whitney U test ^b

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