Table 2 Differences between younger (N= 90) and older (N= 87) chronic somatoform pain patients (t- test): the Freiburg Personality Inventory and the SCL-90 R before treatment
Measures | Total group (N=177) | 16-49 years old (N=90) | 50-79 years old (N=87) | t-test | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Freiburg Personality Inventory (FPI) | |||||||
Pre-treatment (Stanine Score) | m | sd | m | sd | m | sd | p |
Satisfaction with oneself [1] | 3.4 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 1.7 | 3.5 | 1.7 | n.s |
Social orientation [2] | 5.8 | 1.6 | 5.8 | 1.6 | 5.8 | 1.6 | n.s |
Need for achievement [3] | 4.4 | 1.7 | 4.4 | 1.8 | 4.4 | 1.6 | n.s |
Inhibition [4] | 5.9 | 4.9 | 6.4 | 6.7 | 5.4 | 1.7 | n.s |
Irritability [5] | 5.7 | 2.0 | 5.4 | 2.0 | 5.9 | 2.0 | n.s |
Aggression [6] | 4.7 | 1.9 | 4.6 | 1.8 | 4.6 | 1.9 | n.s |
Demandedness [7] | 5.8 | 1.6 | 5.7 | 1.7 | 5.9 | 1.4 | n.s |
Physical complaints [8] | 6.5 | 1.6 | 6.6 | 1.4 | 6.3 | 1.8 | n.s |
Worries about health [9] | 4.5 | 1.7 | 4.7 | 1.8 | 4.4 | 1.6 | n.s |
Openess [10] | 4.5 | 1.8 | 4.5 | 1.8 | 4.5 | 1.7 | n.s |
Extraversion [11] | 4.1 | 1.7 | 4.0 | 1.7 | 4.3 | 1.6 | n.s |
Emotional instabilityity [12] | 6.4 | 1.5 | 6.5 | 1.5 | 6.3 | 1.8 | n.s |
Symptomchecklist SCL-90 R (T-Score) | |||||||
Psychoticism | 58.7 | 11.1 | 59.5 | 10.6 | 57.9 | 11.5 | n.s |
Paranoid thinking | 53.3 | 12.8 | 54.5 | 13.4 | 52.1 | 12.1 | n.s |
Phobic anxiety | 58.0 | 13.3 | 59.1 | 14.7 | 56.9 | 11.9 | n.s |
Aggression | 55.7 | 12.1 | 57.9 | 12.5 | 53.4 | 11.3 | * |
Anxiety | 61.2 | 12.8 | 62.1 | 12.9 | 60.3 | 12.8 | n.s |
Depression | 63.4 | 12.7 | 64.9 | 12.6 | 61.8 | 12.7 | n.s |
Insecurity | 54.7 | 12.5 | 56.6 | 12.8 | 52.8 | 12.1 | n.s |
Obsession | 59.1 | 14.3 | 59.9 | 14.4 | 58.2 | 14.3 | n.s |
Somatization | 67.4 | 13.0 | 66.3 | 12.9 | 68.4 | 13.0 | n.s |
GSI | 63.0 | 13.5 | 64.0 | 13.9 | 62.0 | 13.2 | n.s |
PSDI | 64.1 | 11.4 | 64.5 | 12.1 | 63.8 | 10.6 | n.s |
PST | 59.7 | 13.7 | 60.7 | 13.7 | 58.6 | 13.7 | n.s |