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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychosomatics. 2018 Jan 31;59(5):472–480. doi: 10.1016/j.psym.2018.01.006

Table 3.

Associations of Distress, Anxiety, and Depression with the Most Commonly Endorsed Physical Problems.

Distress (DT&PL) Anxiety (HADS-A) Depression (HADS-D)



M (SD) t M (SD) t M (SD) t
Fatigue Yes 4.50 (3.2) 3.403** 7.47 (5.0) 3.153** 5.36 (3.5) 4.804***
No 2.28 (2.2) 4.73 (3.7) 2.14 (2.5)
Sleep Yes 4.78 (3.2) 3.421** 7.89 (4.4) 3.397** 5.07 (3.4) 3.723***
No 2.48 (2.6) 4.52 (4.3) 2.48 (2.8)
Pain Yes 5.32 (3.4) 3.605** 7.27 (4.1) 2.342* 5.32 (3.5) 3.605**
No 2.61 (2.9) 4.80 (4.4) 2.61 (3.0)
Skin Dry/Itchy Yes 4.67 (3.1) −2.631* 7.26 (4.1) −1.904 4.74 (2.9) −1.826
No 2.78 (2.6) 5.19 (4.4) 3.17 (3.5)
Tingling Yes 4.82 (3.1) −2.815** 7.00 (4.9) −1.553 6.50 (3.8) −4.460***
No 2.77 (2.7) 5.27 (4.2) 2.85 (3.1)
Memory/Conc Yes 5.38 (2.8) −3.701*** 9.65 (4.8) −4.565*** 6.59 (3.7) −4.431***
No 2.68 (2.6) 4.81 (3.9) 2.87 (3.1)
Feeling Swollen Yes 4.08 (2.5) −1.244 9.82 (1.8) −6.769*** 6.55 (3.3) −3.292**
No 3.00 (2.9) 5.08 (4.3) 3.10 (3.3)
Breathing Yes 5.18 (2.9) −2.631* 9.20 (3.7) −2.861** 6.30 (4.3) −2.844**
No 2.87 (2.7) 5.19 (4.3) 3.16 (3.2)
Sexual Yes 5.50 (2.6) 3.213** 12.10 (5.2) 5.912*** 8.80 (2.2) 7.106***
No 2.62 (2.6) 4.48 (3.7) 2.52 (2.7)

Abbreviations: DT&PL, Distress Thermometer and Problem List; HADS-A, Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale-Anxiety; HADS-D, Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale-Depression;

*

p<.05,

**

p<.01,

***

p<.001