Table 5.
Pelvic pain and dysmenorrhea VAS mean scores comparison in relation to presence of psychiatric disorders, malfunctioning on SCL-90 subscales, and alexithymia (TAS-20 total score) in endometriosis patients.
| Pelvic pain | Dysmenorrhea | ||||
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| Mean ± SD | P | Mean ± SD | P | ||
| Comorbid psychiatric disorder | absent | 1.3 ± 2.8 | 0.286 | 3.9 ± 4.1 | 0.049∗ |
| present | 2.6 ± 4.1 | 6.4 ± 3.3 | |||
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| SOM | <60 T points | 0.68 ± 2.2 | 0.003∗∗ | 4.1 ± 3.7 | 0.011∗ |
| >60 T points | 4.4 ± 4.4 | 7.5 ± 4.0 | |||
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| OC | <60 T points | 0.65 ± 2.2 | 0.001∗∗ | 4.4 ± 4.7 | 0.048∗ |
| >60 T points | 4.8 ± 4.4 | 7.2 ± 3.4 | |||
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| SENS | <60 T points | 0.90 ± 2.8 | 0.038∗ | 5.2 ± 3.6 | 0.865 |
| >60 T points | 3.4 ± 4.0 | 5.4 ± 4.2 | |||
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| ANX | <60 T points | 0.96 ± 2.7 | 0.004∗∗ | 4.6 ± 3.8 | 0.107 |
| >60 T points | 4.9 ± 2.3 | 7.1 ± 3.4 | |||
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| TAS-20 | ≤60 | 1.1 ± 2.7 | 0.004∗∗ | 4.7 ± 3.7 | 0.376 |
| ≥61 | 5.5 ± 4.5 | 6.5 ± 4.1 | |||
*Means difference is significant at the 0.05 level.
∗∗Means difference is significant at the 0.01 level.