Factors Associated with Occurrence of Depressive Symptoms among Patients Undergoing Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Variable 1 (V1)	Variable 2 (V2)	Mean Difference (V1-V2)	Sig. (Adjusted p values)	95% CI
Variable 1 (V1)	Variable 2 (V2)	Mean Difference (V1-V2)	Sig. (Adjusted p values)	Lower bound	Upper bound
MR thorax	MR upper/lower limb	1.79	0.046*	0.02	3.55
MR pelvis	MR vertebral column	0.58	0.009*	0.10	1.06
MR pelvis	MR upper/lower limb	0.71	0.007*	0.14	1.28
Widow	Single	0.95	0.001*	0.39	1.52
Widow	Married	0.98	0.000*	0.47	1.48
Widow	Divorced	0.93	0.001*	0.36	1.50
Oncological	Orthopaedic	0.39	0.011*	0.10	1.26
Oncological	Neurological	0.47	0.002*	0.18	1.18

Impact of depressive levels on Sociodemographic characteristics of study participants done by chi-square test

	Descriptive statistics		Depressive symptoms			Monte Carlo Sig. 2 tailed
Variables	Frequency	Percentage	No symptoms	Weak symptoms	Weak to moderate	Pearson X² value	Significance CI (lower and upper bound)
Gender
Male	61	51.7	38	21	2	1.623	0.529 (0.516 – 0.542)
Male	61	51.7	62.3%	34.4%	3.3%
Female	57	48.3	29	25	3
Female	57	48.3	50.9%	43.9%	5.3%
Age groups
18–24	7	5.9	5	1	1	15.140	0.124 (0.116 – 0.133)
18–24	7	5.9	71.4%	14.3%	14.3%
25–34	12	10.2	7	4	1
25–34	12	10.2	58.3%	33.3%	8.3%
35–44	17	14.4	12	5	0
35–44	17	14.4	70.6%	29.4%	0.0%
45–54	22	18.6	15	7	0
45–54	22	18.6	68.2%	31.8%	0.0%
55–64	31	26.3	19	11	`1
55–64	31	26.3	61.3%	35.5%	3.2%
65+	29	24.6	9	18	2
65+	29	24.6	31.0%	62.1%	6.9%
Education
Elementary	3	2.5	1	1	1	15.368	0.122 (0.114 – 0.131)
Elementary	3	2.5	33.3%	33.3%	33.3%
High school	63	53.4	33	27	3
High school	63	53.4	52.4%	42.9%	4.8%
Higher school	24	20.3	14	10	0
Higher school	24	20.3	58.3%	41.7%	0.0%
Faculty	18	15.3	12	6	0
Faculty	18	15.3	66.7%	33.3%	0.0%
Master	6	5.1	4	2	0
Master	6	5.1	66.7%	33.3%	0.0%
PhD	4	3.4	3	0	1
PhD	4	3.4	75.0%	0.0%	25.0%
Marital status
Not married	20	16.9	13	5	2	31.762	0.000* (0.000 – 0.000)
Not married	20	16.9	65.0%	25.0%	10.0%
Married	70	59.3	43	27	0
Married	70	59.3	61.4%	38.6%	0.0%
Divorced	19	16.1	11	8	0
Divorced	19	16.1	57.9%	42.1%	0.0%
Widow	9	7.6	0	6	3
Widow	9	7.6	0.0%	66.7%	33.3%

Impact of depressive levels on factors related to the radiology diagnostic procedures of study participants done by chi-square test

	Descriptive statistics		Depressive symptoms			Monte Carlo Sig. 2 tailed
Variables	Frequency	Percentage	No symptoms	Weak symptoms	Weak to moderate	Pearson X² value	Significance CI (lower and upper bound)
Time running scans
First time	60	50.8	27	29	4	7.421	0.016* (0.013 – 0.020)
First time	60	50.8	45.0%	48.3%	6.7%
Second time	58	49.2	40	17	1
Second time	58	49.2	69.0%	29.3%	1.7%
Type of MRI scan
Head	23	19.5	15	8	0	44.941	0.002* (0.001 – 0.003)
Head	23	19.5	65.2%	34.8%	0.0%
Neck	5	4.2	4	1	0
Neck	5	4.2	80.0%	20.0%	0.0%
Thorax	1	.8	0	0	1
Thorax	1	.8	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
Abdomen	12	10.2	7	5	0
Abdomen	12	10.2	58.3%	41.7%	0.0%
Pelvis	27	22.9	6	18	3
Pelvis	27	22.9	22.2%	66.7%	11.1%
Vertebral column	31	26.3	21	9	1
Vertebral column	31	26.3	67.7%	29.0%	3.2%
Upper/lower limbs	15	12.7	12	3	0
Upper/lower limbs	15	12.7	80.0%	20.0%	0.0%
Breast	4	3.4	2	2	0
Breast	4	3.4	50.0%	50.0%	0.0%
Duration of waiting
1–15 days	3	2.5	1	1	1	24.992	0.018* (0.015 – 0.022)
1–15 days	3	2.5	33.3%	33.3%	33.3%
16–30 days	9	7.6	6	3	0
16–30 days	9	7.6	66.7%	33.3%	0.0%
1–3 months	28	23.7	9	19	0
1–3 months	28	23.7	32.1%	67.9%	0.0%
3–6 months	34	28.8	21	11	2
3–6 months	34	28.8	61.8%	32.4%	5.9%
6–9 months	28	23.7	19	8	1
6–9 months	28	23.7	67.9%	28.6%	3.6%
9–12 months	9	7.6	8	1	0
9–12 months	9	7.6	88.9%	11.1%	0.0%
1+ year	7	5.9	3	3	1
1+ year	7	5.9	42.9%	42.9%	14.3%
Disease type
cardiovascular	2	1.7	2	0	0	39.009	0.006* (0.004 – 0.008)
cardiovascular	2	1.7	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%
endocrinological	8	6.8	3	5	0
endocrinological	8	6.8	37.5%	62.5%	0.0%
urological	7	5.9	2	4	1
urological	7	5.9	28.6%	57.1%	14.3%
rheumatological	4	3.4	4	0	0
rheumatological	4	3.4	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%
gastroenterological	9	7.6	4	5	0
gastroenterological	9	7.6	44.4%	55.6%	0.0%
oncological	23	19.5	4	17	2
oncological	23	19.5	17.4%	73.9%	8.7%
orthopedic	18	15.3	14	3	1
orthopedic	18	15.3	77.8%	16.7%	5.6%
neurological	36	30.5	29	7	0
neurological	36	30.5	80.6%	19.4%	0.0%
gynecological	11	9.3	5	5	1
gynecological	11	9.3	45.5%	45.5%	9.1%

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eabr-2025-0015 | Journal eISSN: 2956-2090 | Journal ISSN: 2956-0454

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Language: English

Submitted on: Mar 23, 2025

Accepted on: Dec 15, 2025

Published on: May 12, 2026

Published by: University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Medical Sciences

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Keywords:

Depression,

MRI,

sociodemographic factors,

radiology

Related subjects:

Medicine,

Clinical medicine,

Clinical medicine, other

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