Table 1 Comparison of Sociodemographic Data of the Chronic Pain Patients and Control Subjects
From: Alexithymia and anxiety in female chronic pain patients
Female Pain Patients | Control Subjects | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alexithymics (n = 17) | Nonalexithymics (n = 13) | P | Alexithymics (n = 9) | Nonalexithymics (n = 28) | P | |
Age, median ± SD (yr) | 36,94 ± 11,69 | 31,62 ± 8,55 | NS | 36,78 ± 6,83 | 33,71 ± 7,57 | NS |
Education, median ± SD (yr) | 6,24 ± 3,63 | 6,0 ± 2,12 | NS | 5,67 ± 2 | 6,89 ± 3,10 | NS |
Marital status, n (%) | ||||||
Single | 3 | 2 | NS | 3 | 8 | NS |
Married | 14 | 11 | 6 | 20 | ||