Table 6.

Level of social anxiety, state anxiety (X-1) or trait anxiety (X-2) and use of tranquilizers or receiving assistance of a psychologist and/or psychiatrist in the past.

	Liebowitz social anxiety			State-trait anxiety inventory
	scale
				STAI X-1			STAI X-2
	Mean	Min.	Max.	Mean	Min.	Max.	Mean	Min.	Max.
Using tranquilizers
No	47.0 ± 29.4	0	126	50.2 ± 1.8	45	56	49.0 ± 2.5	42	59
Yes	68.3 ± 27.0	0	108	49.3 ± 2.1	44	56	49.3 ± 2.9	41	58
I do not know	55.1 ± 46.5	0	144	50.6 ± 1.3	49	55	49.2 ± 3.6	43	55
ρ-value	0.287			0.194			NS
P-value	<0.001			<0.01
Assistance of a psychologist in the past
No	52.4 ± 31.9	0	144	50.0 ± 2.0	44	56	49.2 ± 2.6	41	59
Yes	55.5 ± 30.0	0	126	50.1 ± 1.7	45	54	49.0 ± 2.8	42	58
I do not remember	5.0 ± 1.4	4	6	51.0 ± 1.4	50	52	47.0 ± 5.7	43	51
ρ-value   P-value	NS			NS			NS
Assistance of a psychiatrist in the past
No	53.2 ± 31.6	0	144	50.0 ± 1.9	44	56	49.1 ± 2.7	41	59
Yes	57.8 ± 7.4	47	64	52.0 ± 0.8	50	55	51.5 ± 2.4	50	55
I do not remember	5.0 ± 1.4	4	6	51.0 ± 1.4	50	52	47.0 ± 5.6	43	51
ρ-value	NS			0.163			NS
P-value				<0.01

Spearman's Rank Correlation Test, ρ = Spearman's rank correlation coefficient, NS- not significant.