Table 1.
Demographic and clinical data before the cardiac evaluation
|
Total |
Chest pain |
Palpitations |
p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 138 | n = 95 | n = 43 | ||
| Women |
78 (56%) |
47 (50%) |
31 (72%) |
.01a |
| Age, mean (SD) |
50 (10.7) |
53 (9.4) |
44 (11.0) |
<.001b |
| Married/cohabiting |
107 (78%) |
77 (81%) |
30 (70%) |
ns |
| Vocational school/university |
96 (70%) |
66 (70%) |
30 (70%) |
ns |
| Main source of income in the past 6 months: |
|
|||
| Work |
88 (64%) |
58 (61%) |
30 (70%) |
ns |
| Sickness benefit |
39 (28%) |
29 (31%) |
10 (23%) |
ns |
| Other |
11 (8%) |
8 (8%) |
3 (7%) |
ns |
| Duration of symptoms in months before evaluation; median (range) |
9 (1–420) |
9.5 (1–420) |
6.5 (2–360) |
ns |
| Days on sick leave in the past 3 months; median (range) |
7.5 (0–90) |
8 (0–90) |
2.5 (0–90) |
ns |
| Current psychiatric disorders | 53 (38%) | 36 (38%) | 17 (40%) | ns |
aChi-squared test.
bStudent’s t-test.
ns, not significant.