Table 3.

Psychological impact on the study sample groups.

	Severe Mental Disorder N = 125	Common Mental Disorder N = 250	Heathy Control N = 250	Statistical test, P; Post Hoc P
DASS-21
Depression subscale	3.96 (1.19)	4.26 (1.40)	3.59 (1.04)	F = 18.850, <0.001; a 0.026 b 0.006 c < 0.001
Anxiety subscale	1.77 (1.86)	2.38 (2.15)	0.92 (1.29)	F = 42.201, <0.001; a 0.001 b < 0.001 c < 0.001
Stress subscale	2.76 (2.60)	3.57 (2.52)	2.19 (2.30)	F = 20.050, <0.001; a 0.003 b 0.034 c < 0.001
IES
Intrusive thoughts subscale	2.40 (2.00)	3.02 (2.31)	1.96 (1.87)	F = 16.401, <0.001; a 0.006 c < 0.001
Avoidance subscale	2.32 (1.99)	4.10 (2.09)	3.14 (2.03)	F = 14.846, <0.001; a 0.001 c < 0.001

DASS-21: Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale; IES: Impact of Event Scale.

^aComparison between Severe Mental Disorder (SMD) vs. Other Mental Disorder (CMD).

^bSMD vs. Healthy Controls (HC).

^cCMD vs. HC.