Synthetic House-Tree-Person Drawing Test: A New Method for Screening Anxiety in Cancer Patients

Table 2

The incidence of items used in anxiety assessment in drawing characteristics.

Item no.	Anxiety assessment items	Cases	Incidence (%)
A5	Chaotic and curved lines	131	78.4
A1	Very big drawing size	113	67.7
A15	Slanted and curved wall lines	113	67.7
A3	Duplicated figures	113	67.7
A9	Weak or heavy strength lines	109	65.3
A26	Angry expression on the face	104	62.3
A25	No ears	103	61.7
A21	Straight tree trunk	89	53.3
A2	Heavy strength figure	88	52.7
A10	Within the grids	73	43.7
A18	Swaying tree branches	69	41.3
A8	Thick or thin lines	66	39.5
A4	Colored black or shadow painting	60	35.9
A7	Excessive separation among house, tree, and person	58	34.7
A11	Repeatedly erased	53	31.7
A17	Discontinuous and curved line in tree branches	51	30.5
A12	Partitioning screen	50	29.9
A20	Fall down tree branches	48	28.7
A16	Roof drawn very carefully	41	24.6
A6	Emphasizes the horizon	38	22.8
A24	Chaotic lines of hair	38	22.8
A22	Leaves drawn very carefully	29	17.4
A23	Different size between persons	18	10.8
A19	Triangular tree branch	24	14.4
A13	Chimney	11	6.6
A14	Smoking chimney	5	3.0