TABLE 2.
Psychological assessments (mean scores and SD) for the whole sample and significant differences between patients with active and inactive disease.
| All sample mean (SD) | Active disease mean (SD) | Inactive disease mean (SD) | t | p | |
| Age | 38.04(12.06) | 38.84(12.64) | 37.25(11.53) | 0.68 | n.s. |
| HADS-D | 6.89(4.45) | 8.49(4.01) | 5.29(4.32) | 4.02 | <0.001 |
| HADS-A | 9.94(4.68) | 10.51(4.14) | 9.36(5.14) | 1.28 | n.s. |
| FSS | 4.55(1.69) | 5.21(1.36) | 3.88(1.68) | 4.47 | <0.001 |
| Emotional processing | 3.65(1.88) | 4.27(1.73) | 3.05(1.84) | 3.50 | <0.001 |
| - Suppression | 4.12(2.47) | 4.89(2.37) | 3.38(2.35) | 3.30 | <0.001 |
| - Unprocessed emotion | 4.38(2.44) | 4.92(2.39) | 3.85(2.47) | 2.29 | <0.05 |
| - Unregulated emotion | 3.33(2.29) | 3.94(2.06) | 2.74(2.35) | 2.77 | <0.01 |
| - Avoidance | 3.76(2.08) | 4.26(2.10) | 3.29(1.97) | 2.45 | <0.01 |
| - Impoverished emotion | 2.66(2.12) | 3.34(2.14) | 2(1.89) | 3.42 | <0.001 |