Table 2.

Health-related quality of life and psychological distress in patients with non-cardiac chest pain, (mean ± SD)

	All patients (N = 552)	No history of cardiac disease (n = 360)	History of cardiac disease (n = 188)	P-value
Cardiac anxiety (CAQ)‡	24.6 ± 13.0	22.7 ± 11.8	28.2 ± 14.5	< 0.001
Depressive symptoms (PHQ-9)‡	6.4 ± 5.9	5.8 ± 5.4	7.4 ± 6.6	0.002
Fear of body sensations (BSQ)‡	31.4 ± 12.1	31.3 ± 11.7	31.5 ± 12.9	0.837
Somatization (PHQ-15)‡	10.0 ± 5.4	9.5 ± 5.2	10.8 ± 5.6	0.007
Health-related quality of life (EQ-5D)
EQ-5D VAS	0.7 ± 0.2	0.7 ± 0.2	0.6 ± 0.2	< 0.01
EQ-5D index	0.7 ± 0.3	0.7 ± 0.2	0.6 ± 0.3	< 0.001

^‡Data is partly presented in another article published in BMC Psychiatry. Permission to use these data will be requested from BMC Psychiatry