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Mean (SD) psychological questionnaire scores for cough patients and published controls [8] |
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| Psychological measure |
All cough (n = 57) |
Idiopathic cough (n = 15) |
Treated cough (n = 42) |
Normal adult population8 (n = 694) |
Medical/surgical patients without psychiatric disorder8 (n = 110) |
Medical/surgical patients with psychiatric disorder8 (n = 34) |
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| HAD scale |
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| Anxiety |
6.4 (4.4) |
5.23 (3.6) |
6.7 (4.7) |
- |
- |
- |
| Depression |
3.8 (3.8) |
3.9 (3.9) |
3.8 (3.7) |
- |
- |
- |
| STAI |
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| State |
32.3 (8.8) |
36.5 (9.5) |
30.9(8.2) |
33.40 (9.50) |
42.7 (13.8) |
42.4 (15.7) |
| Trait |
38.9 (11.3)* |
39.15 (8.8)** |
38.9 (12.2)*** |
32.8 (8.3) |
41.3 (12.5) |
44.6 (14.1) |
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Values given as mean (SD) * p < 0.001 All cough versus normal adult population [8] ** p = 0.004 Idiopathic cough versus normal adult population [8] *** p < 0.001 Treated cough versus normal adult population [8] HAD – Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale, STAI – State-Trait Anxiety Inventory | ||||||
McGarvey et al. Cough 2006 2:4 doi:10.1186/1745-9974-2-4 |
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