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Table 3 BDS and somatic symptom severity, depression, general anxiety and health anxiety

From: A multicenter study of bodily distress syndrome in Chinese outpatient hospital care: prevalence and associations with psychosocial variables

Total score

BDS(−)

BDS(+)

t

p

n

Mean (SD)

n

Mean (SD)

PHQ-15

510

7.74 ± 4.41

187

13.73 ± 5.36

−13.591

< 0.0001

PHQ-9

510

7.53 ± 6.06

187

11.85 ± 7.16

−7.337

< 0.0001

GAD-7

510

5.66 ± 5.36

187

9.37 ± 6.43

−7.046

< 0.0001

WI-8

510

15.77 ± 6.72

187

25.03 ± 8.69

−13.188

< 0.0001

  1. number(n), The Patient Health Questionnaire-15 (PHQ15), The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), The General Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7), The Whiteley scale −8 (WI-8)
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BMC Psychiatry

ISSN: 1471-244X

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