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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Mar 3.
Published in final edited form as: Nurs Res. 2007;56(4):275–282. doi: 10.1097/01.NNR.0000280616.13566.84

Table 3.

Symptom Severity Scores across diagnostic groups

Variable Negative Psychiatric History n=152 Mean (SD) Positive Psychiatric History n=80 Mean (SD) Current Psychiatric Diagnosis n=43 Mean (SD)
*HAM-D 5.36 (3.76) 7.23 (3.84) 12.09 (4.67)
*HAM-A 6.35 (4.96) 8.93 (5.41) 14.19 (7.07)
*IES Total Score 16.2 (13.2) 18.84 (15.8) 27.5 (17.1)

Note: Ham-D - Hamilton Depression Rating Scale; HAM-A - Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale; IES -Impact of Events Scale

*

p<.001 (Current diagnosis significantly higher than positive or negative history; Positive psychiatric history significantly higher than Negative psychiatric history)