Table 2

Comparison of psychoneurotic scales between idiopathic cough patients (n = 15) and successfully treated patients (n = 42)


Treated cough (n = 42)
Idiopathic (n = 15)
Unpaired t value
P value

HAD
Anxiety
6.74 (4.66)
5.27 (3.62)
- 1.107
0.136
Depression
3.81 (3.72)
3.93 (3.97)
0.109
0.457
STAI
State
30.92 (8.20)
36.5 (9.53)
1.975
0.027*
Trait
38.92 (12.16)
39.15 (8.58)
0.063
0.475
CCEI
FFA
5.47 (4.37)
6.75 (4.20)
0.859
0.197
PA
4.05 (3.34)
4.33 (3.60)
0.249
0.402
OBS
6.58 (3.76)
7.58 (3.11)
0.837
0.203
SOM
5.92 (3.98)
4.75 (4.48)
-0.086
0.196
DEP
4.71 (3.52)
4.50 (3.23)
1.49
0.07

Values given as mean (SD)* p < 0.05, HAD – Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale, STAI – State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, CCEI – Crown Crisp experiential Index,FFA – free floating anxiety, PA – phobic anxiety, OBS – obsession, SOM – somatisation, DEP – depression

McGarvey et al. Cough 2006 2:4   doi:10.1186/1745-9974-2-4