Table 2.
Comparison of the chest pain group (N = 95) and the palpitationsgroup (N = 43) before and six months after negative cardiac evaluation
| BIPQ (response options: 1 to 10) |
Before cardiac evaluation |
Six-month follow-up |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chest pain | Palpitations | p | Chest pain | Palpitations | p | |
| 1. How much does your illness affect your life? |
2.8 (2.1) |
3.6 (2.5) |
0.04 |
2.2 (2.0) |
2.5 (2.0) |
ns |
| 2. How long do you think your illness will continue? |
3.8 (2.5) |
4.4 (3.0) |
ns |
4.8 (3.5) |
4.8 (3.2) |
ns |
| 3. How much control do you feel you have over your illness? |
4.0 (3.0) |
4.2 (2.9) |
ns |
4.5 (3.0) |
4.8 (3.1) |
ns |
| 4. How much do you think your treatment can help your illness? |
5.3 (2.7) |
5.4 (3.0) |
ns |
3.8 (2.9) |
4.0 (3.1) |
ns |
| 5. How much do you experience symptoms from your illness? |
3.1 (1.9) |
4.1 (2.5) |
0.04 |
2.5 (2.1) |
2.7 (1.8) |
ns |
| 6. How concerned are you about your illness? |
3.4 (2.1) |
3.6 (2.3) |
ns |
2.7 (2.1) |
2.9 (2.4) |
ns |
| 7. How well do you feel you understand your illness? |
4.6 (3.0) |
6.0 (2.6) |
0.01 |
5.3 (3.0) |
5.8 (3.0) |
ns |
| 8. How much does your illness affect you emotionally? e.g., does it make you angry, scared, upset, or depressed? |
3.1 (2.4) | 3.2 (2.6) | ns | 3.0 (2.4) | 3.1 (2.6) | ns |
ns, not significant.Mean (SD) (Student’st-test).