A prospective study evaluating emotional disturbance in subjects undergoing defecating proctography

Table 1 Demographic profile and psycho-social factors of subjects

Variables	DP positive group (n = 25)	DP negative group (n = 20)	P value
Demographics
Males	3	5	> 0.050
Age (yr)	61.8 ± 2.8	58.1 ± 2.9	> 0.050
Assessment of psycho-social factors
Sexual abuse	5	9	0.036
Physical abuse	1	2	> 0.050
Post traumatic stress disorder	1	4	0.045
STAI state anxiety	35.60 ± 2.00	42.75 ± 3.16	0.027
STAI trait anxiety	35.08 ± 1.76	38.06 ± 2.42	> 0.050
HADS anxiety	4.72 ± 0.40	6.60 ± 1.00	0.040
HADS depression	3.25 ± 0.46	5.72 ± 1.00	0.014
PHQ-15	10.76 ± 0.97	13.15 ± 0.82	0.038

All data are presented as mean ± SE. DP: Defecating proctography; HADS: Hospital anxiety and depression scale; STAI: State trait anxiety inventory; PHQ-15: Patient health questionnaire 15-item somatic symptom severity scale.