Table 2

Characteristics and psychological test (STAI-I, II, ZSDS) scores of patients with psychiatric disorders

Psychiatric disorder (DSM-IV)
Abused
Non-abused
p-Value

depressive disorders (n = 323)
n = 41
n = 282

Age (years)
36 (29,42.5)
41.5 (30,56)
0.0428 (a)
female [N (%)]
29 (70.7)
176 (62.4)
0.3858 (b)
Duration of disease (months)
12 (3,27.5)
8 (3,24)
0.5501 (a)
STAI-I*
61.5 ± 8.6
57.2 ± 10.2
0.0107 (c)
STAI-II*
62.3 ± 9.3
57.5 ± 11.8
0.0042 (c)
ZSDS*
55.7 ± 7.8
53.3 ± 8.8
0.0991 (c)
self-injury [N (%)]
25 (61)
71 (25.2)
p < 0.0001 (b)

anxiety disorders (n = 60)
n = 10
n = 50

N(%)


0.0020 (d)
panic disorder
2 (20)
31 (62)

posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
6 (60)
6 (12)

social phobia
2 (20)
13 (26)

Age (years)
26 (18.5,29.5)
32 (24,37)
0.1078 (a)
female [N (%)]
9 (90)
29 (58)
0.0762 (b)
Duration of disease (months)
15 (1,102)
7 (1,36)
0.4793 (a)
STAI-I*
65.7 ± 6.4
51.6 ± 11.0
p < 0.0001 (c)
STAI-II*
64.8 ± 9.4
52.1 ± 13.3
0.0057 (c)
ZSDS*
54.2 ± 12.7
47.3 ± 10.5
0.0720 (c)
self-injury [N (%)]
8 (80)
7 (14)
0.0001 (b)

eating disorders (n = 98)
n = 16
n = 82

N (%)


0.2299 (d)
anorexia nervosa
3 (18.8)
34 (41.5)

bulimia nervosa
9 (56.3)
33 (40.2)

other eating disorders
4 (25)
15 (18.3)

Age (years)
23 (18.25,29.75)
22 (17,27.5)
0.6032 (a)
female [N (%)]
16 (100)
79 (96.3)
1.0000 (b)
Duration of disease (months)
30 (10.5,71.5)
25 (7,72)
0.6969 (a)
STAI-I*
56.3 ± 11.3
54.9 ± 9.7
0.6085 (c)
STAI-II*
58.8 ± 13.9
58.6 ± 11.4
0.9508 (c)
ZSDS*
54.6 ± 10.1
54.3 ± 8.9
0.9042 (c)
self-injury [N (%)]
11 (68.8)
42 (51.2)
0.2746 (b)

pain disorder (n = 37)
n = 4
n = 33

Age (years)
39.5 (35.25,49.75)
47 (30,57.5)
0.5405 (a)
female [N (%)]
1 (25)
22 (66.7)
0.1419 (b)
Duration of disease (months)
28.5 (7.5,54.75)
14 (7.5,57.5)
0.8256 (a)
STAI-I*
56.0 ± 9.9
52.4 ± 9.1
0.4634 (c)
STAI-II*
57.0 ± 13.3
51.2 ± 12.9
0.4028 (c)
ZSDS*
48.5 ± 10.3
46.6 ± 10.3
0.7297 (c)
self-injury [N (%)]
4 (100)
4 (12.2)
0.0011 (b)

* The results are expressed as mean ± SD.

†The results are expressed as medians (25%,75%).

p-Values estimated by Mann-Whitney U test (a), Fisher's exact test (b), unpaired t-test (two tailed) (c) or chi-square test with Yates's correction (d)

Handa et al. BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2008 2:8   doi:10.1186/1751-0759-2-8