Table 1.
Diagnostic group characteristics
| All patients | Somatoform disorders (F45)a |
Depressive disorders (F32-34)a |
Dissociative disorder (F44)a |
Anxiety disorders (F40-43)a |
Other disorders |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comorbidity |
n = 30 |
Depressive disorder n = 12 (26%), anxiety disorder n = 5 (11%) |
Anxiety disorder n = 5 (16%) |
Depressive disorder n = 3 (75%) |
Depressive disorder n = 3 (37%) |
Depressive disorder n = 2 (18%) |
|
n (%) |
106 |
45 (42.5) |
38 (35.8) |
4 (3.8) |
8 (7.5) |
11 (10.4) |
| Age, years: mean (s.d.) | 41 (9.1)b | 48 (8.9)b,c | 30.7 (7)c | 42.3 (9.5) | 39.5 (9) | |
| Gender, n (%) |
Male 34 (32), female 72 (68) |
Male 13 (28.9), female 32 (71.1) |
Male 11 (28.9), female 27 (71.1) |
Male 1 (25), female 3 (75) |
Male 1 (12.5), female 7 (87.5) |
Male 8 (72.7)d, female 3 (27.3) |
| PHQ-15, mean (s.d.) |
17.6 (6.7) |
18.2 (7.1) |
18.5 (6.4) |
10.6 (4.9) |
13.2 (2.4) |
14.4 (8.4) |
| HRSD total, mean (s.d.) |
18.4 (8.4) |
16 (8.3)e |
22 (6)e |
15 (2) |
7 (3.5) |
19 (11) |
| SOMS-7 total, mean (s.d.) |
52.7 (26.3) |
49 (29) |
53 (21) |
38 (12) |
36 (11) |
66 (22) |
| GAF, mean (s.d.) | 54.3 (13.4) | 54.4 (15) | 52.3 (12.5) | 60 (15) | 85 (10) | 48 (18) |
GAF, Global Assessment of Functioning; HRSD, Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression; PHQ-15, Patient Health Questionnaire; SOMS-7, Screening for Somatoform Symptoms; s.d. = standard deviation.
a.
ICD-10 code primary diagnosis.
b.
Post hoc test of mean difference between somatoform disorder and depression groups, P<0.01.
c.
Post hoc test of mean difference between depression and dissociative disorder groups, P<0.01.
d.
Comparison between other diagnostic group and rest of the cohort together, Pearson’s χ2 = 10, d.f. = 1, P<0.05.
e.
Post hoc test of mean difference between somatoform disorder and depression groups, P<0.05.