Table 1

Mean (SD) psychological questionnaire scores for cough patients and published controls [8]

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)

HAD scale
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
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)

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