Table 3 Differences between younger (N= 90) and older (N= 87) chronic somatoform pain patients in the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) before and after treatment (t-test) and in the course of time (Wilcoxon test)
Total group (N=177) | 16-49 years old (N=90) | 50-79 years old (N=87) | t-test | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
HADS | m | sd | m | sd | m | sd | p |
Anxiety_pre-therapy | 9.7 | 4.5 | 9.8 | 4.5 | 9.6 | 4.6 | n.s |
Anxiety_end of therapy | 8.4 | 4.9 | 8.3 | 4.5 | 8.1 | 5.3 | n.s |
Change of anxiety (end of therapy - pre-therapie) | 1.4** | 3.9 | 1.5** | 0.6 | 1.5** | 0.7 | |
Depression pre-therapy | 10.3 | 6.0 | 10.7 | 4.6 | 10.0 | 7.2 | n.s |
Depression end of therapy | 8.5 | 5.3 | 8.8 | 5.2 | 8.1 | 5.5 | n.s |
Change of depression (end of therapy - pre-therapie) | 1.6*** | 3.4 | 1.9** | 0.7 | 1.9** | 0.7 | n.s |