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Table 3 Mean and standard deviation ( Mean±sd) of MMPI-2 scores*

From: Personality traits in chronic daily headache patients with and without psychiatric comorbidity: an observational study in a tertiary care headache center

  

Total N = 74

Group A N = 39

Group B N = 35

P

MMPI

Hs (Hypochondriasis)

73.55 (13.60)

76.80 (13.79)

70.38 (12.78)

*0.03

Clinical Scales

D (Depression)

62.53 (12.61)

66.19 (12.49)

58,95 (11.81)

*0.00

 

Hy (Hysteria)

61.61 (13.36)

66.78 (12.93)

56.57 (11.87)

*0.00

 

Pd (Psychopathic Deviate)

53.85 (10.27)

56.39 (9,08)

51.38 (10.85)

*0.02

 

Mf (Masculinity-feminility)

46.99 (9.85)

47.76 (8.48)

46.23 (11.09)

*0.49

 

Pa (Paranoia)

55.49 (10.82)

56.63 (9.56)

54.38 (11.93)

*0.35

 

Pt (Psychasthenia)

57.47 (10.78)

60.27 (10.61)

56.74 (10.34)

*0.02

 

Sc (Schizophrenia)

55.75 (10.11)

58.41 (9.98)

53.14 (9.65)

*0.02

 

Ma (Hypomania)

46.62 (11.36)

49.44 (10.87)

43.88 (11.29)

*0.02

 

Si (Social introversion)

57.79 (10.94)

59.90 (10.56)

55.74 (11.03)

*0.08

  1. *T-scores > 65 (considered to be the level of clinical significance) are in bold. Group A = patients with psychiatric comorbidity; Group B = patients without psychiatric comorbidity. Hyp + Dep + Hys = ”Neurotic profile”. * p < .05.