Relation between emotional disorder, demographics, total HAD score, disability, pain, and somatic symptoms showing the effect of subdividing the sample according to the presence or absence of “organic” neurological disease (n=300)
| Emotional disorder | No emotional disorder | χ25-152 | p Value | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unexplained symptoms n=60 | Neurological disease n=80 | Unexplained symptoms n=30 | Neurological disease n=130 | ||||||||
| No male (%, 95% CI) | 23 (38, 26-52) | 27 (34, 24-45) | 10 (33, 17-53) | 66 (51, 42-59) | 7.2 | 0.07 | |||||
| Median (95% CI) age | 38 (36-41) | 43 (40-51) | 43 (38-47) | 40 (37-44) | 3.7 | 0.3 | |||||
| Median (95% CI) total HAD score | 17.5 (14-19) | 16 (12-20) | 7.5 (4-10) | 6 (5-7) | 140 | <0.0005 | |||||
| Median (95% CI) scores SF-365-153: | |||||||||||
| Physical function | 72.5 (65-85)5-150 | 60 (50-705-150 | 90 (75-100)5-151 | 90 (85-95)5-151 | 27.8 | <0.0005 | |||||
| Physical role functioning | 25 (0-50)5-150 | 25 (0-50)5-150 | 100 (75-100)5-151 | 100 (75-100)5-151 | 41.2 | <0.0005 | |||||
| Bodily pain | 41 (30-50)5-150 | 52 (40-60)5-150 | 68 (52-84)5-151 | 84 (72-84)5-151 | 37.5 | <0.0005 | |||||
| Social function | 50 (37.5-62.5)5-150 | 62.5 (50-75)5-150 | 100 (62.5-100)5-151 | 100 (100-100)5-151 | 72.3 | <0.0005 | |||||
| Median No (95% CI) somatic symptoms | 6 (5-7)5-150 | 6 (5-6)5-150 | 3 (2-5)5-151 | 3 (2-3)5-151 | 70.2 | <0.0005 | |||||
↵5-150 Between group comparisons using Mann-Whitney U test all non-significant (p>0.05).
↵5-151 Between group comparisons using Mann-Whitney U test all non-significant (p>0.05).
↵5-152 Kruskall-Wallis test, 3 df.
↵5-153 A lower score on the SF 36 equates with increased disability: all subscales range from 0–100.