Variables | Categories | Female (n = 124) (n [%]) | Male (n = 76) (n [%]) | Chi-square statistics |
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Severe disabilitya
| present | 31 (25.0) | 15 (19.2) |
x
2 (1) = 0.467; |
 | not present | 93 (74.9) | 63 (80.8) | p = 0.494 |
Abnormal anxietyb
| present | 18 (14.5) | 18 (23.7) |
x
2 (1) = 2.088; |
 | not present | 106 (85.5) | 58 (76.3) | p = 0.148 |
Abnormal depressionc
| present | 19 (15.3) | 22 (28.9) |
x
2 (1) = 4.541; |
 | not present | 105 (84.7) | 54 (71.0) | p = 0.033 |
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a Subjects who rated their disability as mild or moderate were put together in the category 'severe disability not present
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b Anxiety was assessed with the anxiety subscale of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Subjects with scores of ≥ 11 points were found to have abnormal anxiety [40].
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c Depression was assessed with the depression subscale of the HADS. Subjects with scores ≥ 9 points in Chi-square statistic was calculated with the Mantel-Haenszel test. HADS-D were found to have abnormal depression [40].
- An adjustment of the significance value was calculated: alpha/n; n = number of comparisons; alpha = 0.05: corrected significance level: 0.05/3 = 0.017