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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 30.
Published in final edited form as: Psychiatry Res. 2016 Sep 15;246:136–141. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2016.09.007

Table 2.

Clinical characteristics based on number of comorbid psychiatric disorders.

All Number of comorbid psychiatric disorders*

0 1 2+

N=302 N=171 (57%) N=60 (20%) N=71 (24%)
Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) P-value
Psychiatric symptoms
 QIDS-C16 (depression severity, range of 0–27) 5.4 (3.1) 4.6 (2.8) 5.6 (2.6) 6.9 (3.6) < 0.0011
 CHRT-SR suicide propensity (items 1–11, range 0–44) 8.6 (6.9) 7.1 (6.0) 8.5 (6.7) 12.3 (7.8) < 0.0011
 CHRT-SR suicide risk (items 12–14, range 0–12) 0.5 (1.2) 0.4 (1.0) 0.4 (1.0) 0.8 (1.6) 0.0232
Health related quality of life and function
 SCQ (medical disorder burden, range 1–54) 1.2 (1.9) 0.9 (1.7) 1.6 (2.3) 1.5 (2.1) 0.0113
 SF-36 mental functioning (range of 0–100) 42.5 (13.7) 46.7 (12.9) 40.1 (12.0) 34.4 (12.9) < 0.0004
 SF-36 physical functioning (range of 0–100) 55.0 (7.3) 55.4 (6.4) 54.4 (8.1) 54.4 (8.7) 0.530
 Q-LES-Q (life satisfaction/enjoyment, range of 0–100)) 68.6 (16.3) 72.2 (15.7) 67.0 (14.3) 61.6 (17.1) < 0.0012
 P-FIBS (pain, range of 0–32) 5.0 (6.9) 3.5 (5.5) 6.4 (7.4) 7.5 (8.4) < 0.0013
 ASI employment subscale 0.7 (0.3) 0.7 (0.3) 0.8 (0.3) 0.7 (0.3) 0.060
 ASI family subscale 0.2 (0.2) 0.2 (0.2) 0.2 (0.2) 0.3 (0.2) < 0.0011
 ASI legal subscale 0.1 (0.2) 0.1 (0.2) 0.1 (0.2) 0.2 (0.2) 0.570
 ASI medical subscale 0.2 (0.3) 0.1 (0.2) 0.2 (0.3) 0.2 (0.3) 0.0033
 ASI psychiatric subscale 0.3 (0.2) 0.2 (0.2) 0.3 (0.2) 0.5 (0.2) < 0.0014
 CPFQ (cognitive and physical functioning, range of 7–42) 17.9 (6.3) 16.4 (5.7) 19.0 (6.5) 20.5 (6.4) < 0.0013

SD-standard deviation, QIDS-C16-Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptoms-Clinician Rated, CHRT-SR-Concise Health Risk Tracking-Self Report, SCQ-Self-Administered Comorbidity Questionnaire, SF-36-Short Form Health Survey, Q-LES-Q-Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire Short Form, P-FIBS-Pain Frequency, Intensity, and Burden Scale, ASI-Addiction Severity Index Lite, CPFQ-MGH Cognitive and Physical Functioning Questionnaire

*

Diagnoses based on the MINI International Neuropsychiatric Interview and include major depression (n=68), dysthymia (n=22,) mania (n=15), hypomania (n=7), panic disorder (n=17), social phobia(n=32), obsessive-compulsive disorder, (n=18), post-traumatic stress disorder (n=28), generalized anxiety (n=46), bulimia (n=6).

1

2+ disorders significantly different from 1 and from 0 disorders (Tukey HSD Test, p<0.05)

2

2+ disorders significantly different from 0 disorder (Tukey HSD Test, p<0.05)

3

2+ disorders significantly different than 0 disorder, 1 disorder significantly different than 0 disorder (Tukey HSD Test, p<0.05)

4

2+, 1, and 0 disorder are all significantly different (Tukey HSD Test, p<0.05)