Table 2 Psychosomatic diagnoses: percentages of affected patients for each diagnosis
| Â | AN-R | AN-BP | Total sample | Chi-square | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% (N) | % (N) | % (N) | |||
Illness denial | 61.8% (47) | 65.6% (21) | 63% (68) | 0.138 | 0.710 |
Alexithymia | 52.6% (40) | 59.4% (19) | 54.6% (59) | 0.413 | 0.520 |
Demoralization | 43.4% (33) | 62.5% (20) | 49.1% (53) | 3.280 | 0.071 |
Functional symptoms | 38.2% (29) | 50% (16) | 41.7% (45) | 1.299 | 0.254 |
Type A behaviour | 35.5% (27) | 43.8% (14) | 38% (41) | 0.647 | 0.421 |
Irritable mood | 30.3% (23) | 50% (16) | 36.1 (39) | 3.802 | 0.051 |
Conversion symptom | 21.1% (16) | 28.1% (9) | 23.1% (25) | 0.633 | 0.426 |
Health anxiety | 25% (19) | 18.8% (6) | 23.1% (25) | 0.494 | 0.482 |
Anniversary reaction | 7.9% (6) | 18.8% (6) | 11.1% (12) | 2.687 | 0.101 |
Persistent somatization | 9.2% (7) | 12.5% (4) | 10.2% (11) | 0.266 | 0.606 |
Disease phobia | 5.3% (4) | 12.5% (4) | 7.4% (8) | 1.719 | 0.190 |
Thanatophobia | 6.6% (5) | 6.3% (2) | 6.5% (7) | 0.004 | 0.949 |