Table 3

Mean higher order DAPP-BQ scores of healthy controls and PNES patient clusters

Higher order dimensionCluster 1 (n = 43)Cluster 2 (n = 37)Cluster 3 (n = 4)Cluster 4* (n = 1)Healthy controls (n = 100)
Values are mean (SD).
*In view of the group size of 1, no p values were calculated. Scores more than 1 SD from the healthy control mean are italicised.
Scores in bold significantly different from healthy controls (p<0.001).
DAPP-BQ, dimensional assessment of personality pathology – basic questionnaire; PNES, psychogenic non-epileptic seizures.
Emotional dysregulation 3.1 (0.3) 2.1 (0.3) 3.5 (0.2) 3.5 2.2 (0.4)
Dissocial behaviour 2.4 (0.4) 2.1 (0.3)1.9 (0.2) 1.6 2.1 (0.3)
Inhibitedness 2.9 (0.5) 2.4 (0.5) 3.3 (0.5) 2.22.4 (0.5)
Compulsivity 3.5 (0.5) 3.3 (0.5) 4.3 (0.4) 2.1 1.2 (0.4)