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Psychological impairment |
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| Dimensions |
'High-scoring patients (n = 18) |
'Low-scoring patients' (n = 44) |
t test |
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| t |
d.f. |
p |
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| Somatization |
69 ± 11 |
56 ± 12 |
- 3.92 |
60 |
0.0001 |
| Obsessive-compulsive |
68 ± 10 |
50 ± 11 |
- 6.20 |
60 |
0.0001 |
| Interpersonal sensitivity |
68 ± 11 |
49 ± 10 |
- 6.63 |
60 |
0.0001 |
| Depression |
70 ± 13 |
49 ± 9 |
- 6.21 |
60 |
0.0001 |
| Anxiety |
72 ± 8 |
52 ± 10 |
- 7.12 |
60 |
0.0001 |
| Hostility |
69 ± 11 |
50 ± 9 |
- 6.94 |
60 |
0.0001 |
| Phobic anxiety |
67 ± 10 |
50 ± 9 |
- 6.28 |
60 |
0.0001 |
| Paranoid ideation |
66 ± 9 |
49 ± 10 |
- 6.30 |
60 |
0.0001 |
| Psychoticism |
70 ± 9 |
49 ± 9 |
- 8.62 |
60 |
0.0001 |
| Global Severity Index |
73 ± 8 |
51 ± 11 |
- 7.60 |
60 |
0.0001 |
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Psychological impairment is shown on the basis of scales of the Symptom Checklist-90-R (SCL-90-R); scores are given as means ± SD. For each of the 90 items a rating on a five-step Lickert scale between 0 (not at all) and 4 (extremely) was possible. Data are presented as T values (mean 50; SD 10). In addition, T values of all patients are presented. For comparison between 'high-scoring patients' with a Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome 10-Questions Inventory (PTSS-10) score greater than or equal to the cutoff score of 35, indicating an increased risk for development of post-traumatic stress disorder, and 'low-scoring patients' with a PTSS-10 below the cutoff score, a t test for independent samples was used. | |||||
Deja et al. Critical Care 2006 10:R147 doi:10.1186/cc5070 |
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