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Table 2 Scale means of chronic pain patients and normal controls

From: The factor structure and reliability of the Illness Attitude Scales in a student and a patient sample

  

Chronic headache patients

Normal controls

Scale

Maximum possible score

M

SD

M

SD

Fear of illness and death

36

12.11

5.80

5.07

4.11

Treatment experience

16

11.63

2.44

5.45

3.00

Hypochondriacal beliefs

12

2.26

1.83

0.24

0.58

Effect of symptoms

16

9.37

2.48

1.03

1.43

  1. Note. Differences between factor scores are significant on 0.0001 levels (2-tailed) for all four factors.
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BMC Psychiatry

ISSN: 1471-244X

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