Table 2 Duration of Pain, Severity of Pain, TAS-26 Scores, and STAI Scores of the Female Pain Sample
From: Alexithymia and anxiety in female chronic pain patients
FEMALE PAIN GROUP | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alexithymics (n = 17) | Nonalexithymics (n = 13) | t | df | P | |
Duration of pain, median ± SD (yr) | 7,44 ± 6,82 | 3,31 ± 2,79 | 2,05 | 28 | NS |
Severity of pain, median ± SD (yr) | 7,12 ± 2,98 | 6,46 ± 2,40 | 0,64 | 28 | NS |
TAS-26 score | 17,88 ± 3,43 | 13,85 ± 3,99 | 2,98 | 28 | 0,006* |
STAI score | 47,88 ± 9,89 | 47,69 ± 5,36 | 0,06 | 28 | NS |