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Table 3 Psychosomatic diagnostic categories within each cluster

From: Psychosomatic syndromes and anorexia nervosa

 

Moderate psychosomatic group

Somatization group

Severe psychosomatic group

Chi-square

p

(N = 53) % (N)

(N = 28) % (N)

(N = 27) % (N)

  

AN-BP subtype

25% (8)

53% (17)

22% (7)

  

AN-R subtype

57% (44)

15% (12)

27% (20)

15.58

0.001

Health anxiety

0% (0)

7% (2)

85% (23)

77.59

0.001

Disease phobia

0% (0)

14% (4)

15% (4)

8.18

0.017

Thanatophobia

2% (1)

21% (6)

0% (0)

13.85

0.002

Illness denial

52% (27)

54% (15)

93% (15)

13.88

0.001

Functional symptoms

15% (8)

64% (18)

70% (19)

29.74

0.001

Persistent somatization

6% (3)

21% (6)

7% (2)

5.16

0.076

Conversion symptom

12% (6)

60% (17)

7% (2)

29.716

0.001

Anniversary reaction

0% (0)

39% (11)

0% (0)

34.59

0.001

Type A behaviour

19% (10)

57% (16)

56% (15)

15.60

0.001

Irritable mood

2% (1)

54% (15)

85% (23)

57.99

0.001

Demoralization

19% (10)

61% (17)

96% (26)

44.12

0.001

Alexithymia

38% (20)

39% (11)

100% (27)

30.51

0.001

  1. Legend:
  2. AN-R: Anorexia Nervosa Restricting type.
  3. AN-BP: Anorexia Nervosa Binge-Purging type.