Table III.

Comparison of scale scores of the patients with and without depression

Scale	Depression (+) N = 26	Depression (–) N = 34	P-value	t
BDI	26.6 ±7.9	7.64 ±4.44	0.000*	–11.792
BAI	23.9 ±10.03	9.94 ±7.09	0.000*	–6.306
DSQ immature total	112.2 ±27.9	95.2 ±31.7	0.034*	–2.168
DSQ neurotic total	47.2 ±10.8	47.4 ±9.73	0.952	0.060
DSQ mature total	40.0 ±11.5	48.18 ±10.5	0.006*	2.862

^*p < 0.05,

BDI – Beck Depression Inventory, BAI – Beck Anxiety Inventory, DSQ – Defence Style Questionnaire.