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Table 3 The distribution of the BSRS-5 between the community, general medical and psychiatric group

From: The five-item Brief-Symptom Rating Scale as a suicide ideation screening instrument for psychiatric inpatients and community residents

Items

Community

Medical

Psychiatric

ANOVA

Tukey Post Hoc Test

 

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

  

Anxiety

.32 (.66)

.83 (1.00)

1.86 (1.24)

F = 466.13

Community < Medical MD = -.51, p < .001**

    

p < .001**

Community < Psych MD = -1.51, p < .001**

     

Psych > Medical MD = 1.03, p < .001**

Anger

.48 (.77)

.74 (.98)

1.89 (1.31)

F = 362.14

Community < Medical MD = -.27, p < .001**

    

p < .001**

Community < Psych MD = -1.41, p < .001**

     

Psych > Medical MD = 1.14, p < .001**

Depression

.42 (.73)

.83 (1.03)

2.00 (1.38)

F = 425.41

Community < Medical MD = -.41,p < .001**

    

p < .001**

Community < Psych MD = -1.59, p < .001**

     

Psych > Medical MD = 1.17, p < .001**

Inferior

.35 (.73)

.48 (.89)

1.60 (1.40)

F = 305.63

Community < Medical MD = -.21, p < .001**

    

p = < .001**

Community < Psych MD = -1.24, p < .001**

     

Psych > Medical MD = 1.12, p < .001**

Insomnia

.46 (.86)

1.21 (1.29)

2.24 (1.33)

F = 423.71

Community < Medical MD = -.75, p < .001**

    

p < .001**

Community < Psych MD = -1.78, p < .001**

     

Psych > Medical MD = 1.03,p < .001**

Suicide

.07 (.38)

.22 (.66)

1.23 (1.39)

F = 393.52

Community < Medical MD = -.14, p < .001**

    

p < .001**

Community < Psych MD = -1.51, p < .001**

     

Psych > Medical MD = 1.01, p < .001**

  1. *p < .05, **p < .01; MD = mean difference
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