Table 2 Comparisons of EPQ and SCL-90 scores between the timely and non-timely return visit groups (M ± SD)

 Psychoticism

53.88 ± 10.19

54.53 ± 10.61

−1.662

0.097

 Extraversion

47.43 ± 11.04

47.95 ± 11.45

−1.208

0.227

 Neuroticism

60.36 ± 11.72

59.73 ± 12.23

1.402

0.639

 Lie

46.49 ± 10.44

46.83 ± 10.24

−0.870

0.384

 Somatization

2.05 ± 0.78

1.99 ± 0.80

2.053

0.040

 Obsessive-compulsive

2.59 ± 0.88

2.55 ± 0.89

1.302

0.193

 Interpersonal sensitivity

2.31 ± 0.92

2.29 ± 0.93

0.477

0.633

 Depression

2.68 ± 0.96

2.65 ± 0.98

0.781

0.435

 Anxiety

2.60 ± 0.93

2.52 ± 0.95

2.234

0.026

 Hostility

2.23 ± 0.91

2.27 ± 0.94

−1.364

0.173

 Phobic anxiety

2.02 ± 0.84

1.93 ± 0.84

2.631

0.009

 Paranoid ideation

2.07 ± 0.89

2.07 ± 0.89

−0.132

0.895

 Psychoticism

2.13 ± 0.80

2.11 ± 0.82

0.628

0.530

 Additional items

2.54 ± 0.82

2.48 ± 0.83

1.919

0.055