Table 3.

Correlations between PDQ-D-20 total score and clinical variables in male and female patients with SD

Variables	Male (n = 40)		Female (n = 86)
	r	p	r	p
GAD-7 score	0.165	0.323	0.080	0.468
PHQ-9 score	0.203	0.222	0.385	< 0.001*
DIF	0.321	0.049	0.332	0.002*
DDF	0.404	0.012	0.379	< 0.001*
EOT	0.056	0.740	− 0.008	0.944
TAS-20 score	0.391	0.015	0.337	0.002*

GAD-7 generalized anxiety disorder-7, PHQ-9 Patient Health Questionnaire depression-9, TAS-20 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale, PDQ-D Perceived Deficits Questionnaire-Depression, DIF Difficulty Identifying Feelings, DDF Difficulty Describing Feeling, EOT Externally Oriented Thinking

Bold values indicated statistical significance

*After Bonferroni correction, statistical significance persisted