Research Article

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

Table 3

Drawing characteristics in anxiety group and in non-anxiety group of cancer patients.

Drawing characteristics Anxiety self-evaluation resultsχ2 valueP value
AnxietyNo anxiety

A1Yes13 (48.1)100 (71.4)5.6070.018
No14 (51.9)40 (28.6)
A3Yes15 (55.6)98 (70.0)2.1580.142
No12 (44.4)42 (30.0)
A4Yes13 (48.1)47 (33.6)2.0890.108
No14 (51.9)93 (66.4)
A6Yes10 (37.0)28 (20.0)3.7380.053
No17 (63.0)112 (80.0)
A7Yes13 (48.1)45 (21.1)2.5580.110
No14 (51.9)95 (67.9)
A9Yes13 (48.1)96 (68.6)4.1650.041
No14 (51.9)44 (31.4)
A12Yes13 (48.1)37 (26.4)5.0900.024
No14 (51.9)103 (73.6)
A13Yes5 (18.5)6 (4.3)7.3180.021
No22 (81.5)134 (95.7)
A16Yes11 (40.7)30 (21.4)4.5570.033
No16 (59.3)110 (78.6)
A17Yes12 (44.4)39 (27.9)2.9360.087
No15 (55.6)101 (72.1)
A19Yes10 (37.0)14 (10.0)11.3380.001
No17 (63.0)126 (90.0)
A25Yes13 (48.1)90 (64.3)2.4940.114