Table 4.
GSI mean scores and confidence interval in 9 dimensions of SCL90-R test, based on the psychological history
| Psychological dimensions |
Positive psychological |
Negative psychological |
Mean Difference |
SD | 95%CI | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Lower | Upper | |||
| Depression | 1.85 | 0.79 | 1.05 | 0.65 | -0.790 | 0.124 | 0.543 | 1.034 |
| Somatization | 2.23 | 0.74 | 1.62 | 0.83 | -0.602 | 0.131 | 0.343 | 0.861 |
|
Obsessive- compulsive |
1.81 | 0.81 | 1.09 | 0.72 | -0.716 | 0.132 | 0.455 | 0.976 |
| Interpersonal sensitivity | 1.62 | 0.82 | 1.03 | 0.69 | -0.589 | 0.129 | 0.335 | 0.844 |
| Anxiety | 1.86 | 0.81 | 1.13 | 0.74 | -0.734 | 0.131 | 0.475 | 0.994 |
| Hostility | 1.62 | 0.91 | 0.94 | 0.81 | -0.684 | 0.145 | 0.397 | 0.971 |
| Phobia | 1.26 | 0.89 | 0.69 | 0.64 | -0.562 | 0.135 | 0.295 | 0.829 |
|
Paranoid indentation |
1.62 | 0.92 | 1.11 | 0.63 | -0.515 | 0.137 | 0.245 | 0.786 |
| Psychoticism | 1.25 | 0.73 | 0.66 | 0.57 | -0.586 | 0.111 | 0.366 | 0.806 |
| GSI total | 1.73 | 0.68 | 1.11 | 0.61 | -0.621 | 0.120 | 0.384 | 0.859 |
| PST total | 64.5 | 17.49 | 49.92 | 20.8 | -14.62 | 3.499 | 7.693 | 21.549 |
| PSDI | 2.36 | 0.59 | 1.92 | 0.54 | -0.437 | 0.104 | 0.231 | 0.644 |
GSI = Global Severity Index
PST = Positive Symptom Total.
PSDI = Positive Symptom Distress Index.
CI = Confidence interval
The higher mean score indicates worst psychological health status in that item. In patients with positive psychological history, the highest mean scores were for somatization, obsessive-compulsive, anxiety and depression. The least mean scores were for phobic anxiety and psychoticism. In patients with negative psychological history, the highest mean scores were for somatization, paranoid ideation and aggression. The least mean score was for phobic anxiety.