. 2023 Jan 26;13:1090181. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1090181

Table 2.

Comparison of patients and healthy controls in psychological status.

Variables	Patients (n = 42)	Controls (n = 42)	p-value
EPQ
P	51.20 ± 8.19	47.23 ± 12.68	0.092^a
E	40.16 ± 11.42	48.72 ± 13.93	0.003^a
N	68.37 ± 9.19	45.08 ± 10.01	<0.001^a
L	44.92 ± 11.30	56.93 ± 11.62	<0.001^a
SDSS score	7.07 ± 2.42	0.02 ± 0.15	<0.001^a
SSS
Total score	28.60 ± 8.71	43.14 ± 9.33	<0.001^a
Objective support score	7.45 ± 3.41	10.93 ± 2.85	<0.001^a
Subjective support score	14.50 ± 5.23	23.36 ± 5.91	<0.001^a
Utilization of support	6.64 ± 2.12	8.86 ± 2.05	<0.001^a
SCSQ
Total score	26.83 ± 8.42	29.90 ± 9.43	0.119^a
Active coping	16.50 ± 6.19	22.90 ± 7.35	<0.001^a
Negative coping	10.33 ± 4.24	7.00 ± 4.35	0.001^a

EPQ, Eysenck Personality Questionnaire; P, Psychoticism; N, Neuroticism; E, Extraversion; L, Lie; SDSS, Social Disability Screening Schedule; SSS, Social Support Revalued Scale; SCSQ, Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire.

The p-values were obtained by two sample t-tests.