Pain sensitivity in posttraumatic stress disorder and other anxiety disorders: a preliminary case control study

Table 2 Clinical characteristics by group status

	PTSD	Anxiety	Control	pvalue (overallFtest)
	N = 16	N = 12	N = 33
	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)
PTSD Checklist	54 (18.5)*^†	42.1 (19.5)*^†	20.8 (8.0)^†Δ	<0.00
Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale	1.8 (0.8)^Δ	1.8 (1.1)^†	0.1 (0.3)^†Δ	<0.00
Patient Health Questionnaire	15.1 (7.3)^†	13.8 (9.4)^†	1.2 (2.0)^†Δ	<0.00
Short Form Health Survey
Physical functioning	79.4 (22.6)^†	80.8 (24.9)^Δ	95.5 (11.9)^†	0.01
Role physical	57.8 (46.3)*^†	81.3 (30.4)*	94.7 (15.0)^†	0.001
Bodily pain	64.3 (24.5)^†	68.5 (21.1)^Δ	87.8 (14.2)^†	<0.00
General health	60.4 (22.7)^†	58.8 (19.6)^Δ	82.7 (14.0)^†Δ	<0.00
Vitality	42.2 (21.1)^†	40.8 (23.8)^Δ	73.3 (11.1)^†Δ	<0.00
Social functioning	53.9 (29.8)^†	51.0 (33.1)^Δ	97.7 (7.9)^†Δ	<0.00
Role emotional	37.5 (43.7)^†Δ	38.9 (44.6)^Δ	94.9 (18.9)^†Δ	<0.00
Mental health	50.0 (18.1)^†	41.0 (23.4)^Δ	86.2 (9.4)^†	<0.00

*p< 0.05 between PTSD and anxiety participants; ^†p< 0.05 between PTSD and control participants; ^Δp < 0.05 between anxiety and control participants; PTSD: posttraumatic stress disorder; SD: standard deviation.