Table 3.
Percentage of women and men with Exhaustion Disorder (ED) reporting on the PRIME-MD* symptoms checklist at the first visit to the stress clinic that they have frequently experienced the respective symptom during the past month
| Symptom |
Total group |
Women |
Men |
p-value 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
(N = 228) % |
(n = 156) |
(n = 72) |
||
| (n) | % (n) | % (n) | ||
| Nausea, gas or indigestion |
67 (153) |
69 (108) |
63 (45) |
0.315 |
| Headaches |
65 (149) |
64 (99) |
69 (50) |
0.378 |
| Dizziness |
57 (129) |
l60 (94) |
49 (35) |
0.099 |
| Constipation, loose bowels, or diarrhoea |
54 (123) |
54 (84) |
54 (39) |
0.964 |
| Feeling heart pound or race |
54 (122) |
57 (89) |
46 (33) |
0.114 |
| Back pain |
51 (116) |
49 (76) |
56 (40) |
0.337 |
| Chest pain |
47 (106) |
42 (65) |
57 (41) |
0.032 |
| Pain in arms, legs or joints, knees, hips |
49 (111) |
52 (81) |
42 (30) |
0.150 |
| Stomach pain |
45 (103) |
47 (74) |
40 (29) |
0.313 |
| Shortness of breath |
23 (52) |
22 (34) |
25 (18) |
0.592 |
| Pain or problems during sexual intercourse |
14 (31) |
10 (16) |
21 (15) |
0.030 |
| Fainting spells | 4 (8) | 3 (5) | 4 (3) | 0.714 |
*PRIME-MD = Primary Care Evaluation of Mental Disorders.
1p-value: Pearson’s Chi-Square test was used to compare the prevalence of the single somatic symptoms between women and men. Bold numbers indicate that the difference between the sexes is statistically significant (p < 0.05).