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. 2021 Mar 4;2021:6625126. doi: 10.1155/2021/6625126

Table 5.

Effect of gender on VAS and PCS scores.

Scale Median (range) P value
Female Male
VAS scores
Overall 7.05 (2.87–43.87) 6.60 (1.35–27.31) 0.55
Upper total 5.00(1.75–39.38) 5.75 (1.00–14.40) 0.75
Upper right 4.75 (1.25–31.50) 4.50 (1.00–14.60) 0.86
Upper left 5.40 (2.25–47.25) 6.40 (1.00–16.00) 0.78
Upper anterior 5.50 (1.83–45.33) 6.17 (0.83–17.00) 0.94
Upper posterior 5.10 (1.70–31.50) 5.9 (1.00–13.40) 0.53
Lower total 8.60 (4.10–48.38) 6.3 (1.00–42.63) 0.04 (S)
Lower right 9.80 (3.60–46.75) 5.6 (1.00–42.75) 0.02 (S)
Lower left 7.40 (2.75–50.00) 6.5 (1.00–42.75) 0.46
Lower anterior 10.67 (4.50–41.67) 7.6 (0.50–49.17) 0.04 (S)
Lower posterior 8.80 (2.50–43.50) 5.8 (1.00–41.50) 0.03 (S)

PCS scores
Rumination 6 (5–8) 6 (3–10) 0.15
Magnification 4 (1–5) 3 (1–7) 0.97
Helplessness 5 (4–7) 5 (3–7) 0.13
Total 14 (12–20) 14 (7–20) 0.50

(P < 0.05) and statistically significant.