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Table 4 Mean and standard deviation ( Mean ± sd) of MMPI-2 scores in CM-pCM + pMOH versus CTTH-p CTTH + pMOH and MOH versus NO MOH

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

 

CM and pCM + pMOH

CTTH and pCTTH + pMOH

p

MOH

NO MOH

p

N = 42

N = 45

N = 66

N = 21

Hs (Hypochondriasis)

75.21 (11.66)

71.35 (14.82)

0.17

73.96 (13.07)

70.85 (14.64)

0.39

D (Depression)

63.90 (9.88)

60.37 (14.56)

0.18

63.57 (11.48)

57.38 (14.88)

0.09

Hy (Hysteria)

62.85 (10.28)

59.66 (15.39)

0.26

62.22 (12.97)

58.00 (13.70)

0.22

Pd (Psychopathic Deviate)

54.90 (9.82)

52.11 (9.82)

0.22

54.36 (9.82)

50.61 (12.26)

0.21

Mf (Masculinity-feminility)

47.90 (9.69)

47.04 (10.31)

0.69

47.68 (9.52)

46.76 (11.48)

0.74

Pa (Paranoia)

56.69 (9.93)

54.40 (12.12)

0.34

56.53 (10.35)

52.28 (12.97)

0.18

Pt (Psychasthenia)

58.02 (10.63)

56.13 (10.92)

0.42

57.04 (10.68)

57.04 (11.25)

0.99

Sc (Schizophrenia)

55.38 (10.05)

55.53 (10.36)

0.94

55.72 (10.15)

54.61 (10.35)

0.67

Ma (Hypomania)

47.92 (10.20)

45.60 (12.12)

0.33

46.75 (10.60)

46.61 (13.33)

0.96

Si (Social introversion)

57.76 (10.20)

57.51 (11.34)

0.91

58.22 (9.67)

55.76 (13.70)

0.45

  1. T-scores > 65 (considered to be the level of clinical significance) are in bold. CM = Chronic migraine, pCM = probable chronic migraine, pMOH = probable medication overuse headache, CTTH = chronic tension-type headache, pCTTH = probable chronic tension-type headache (according to the original ICHD-II criteria).