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Table 2 Means (M) and standard deviations (SD) of scores on the Dresden Body Image Questionnaire (DBIQ) in subgroups of patients in three diagnostic categories of somatoform disorder, test of the difference between diagnostic categories

From: Body image in patients with somatoform disorder

 

Conversion Disorder (n = 147)

Pain Disorder (n = 185)

Undifferentiated SFD (n = 325)

  

(sub) scale

M (SD)

M (SD)

M (SD)

F(2)

p

total score

2.78a,b (0.65)

2.55b (0.54)

2.60a (0.56)

7.32

.001

vitality

2.56a,b (0.84)

2.21b (0.67)

2.07a (0.62)

25.08

<.001

body acceptance

3.25a,b (0.97)

2.86a (0.83)

2.99b (0.98)

7.00

.001

sexual fulfilment

2.61 (1.18)

2.42 (0.97)

2.49 (0.98)

1.44

.24

physical contact

3.32 (0.82)

3.19 (0.79)

3.31 (0.82)

1.47

.23

self-aggrandizement

2.31 (0.67)

2.20 (0.63)

2.27 (0.63)

1.19

.43

  1. a, bMeans in a row sharing subscripts are significantly different based on Hochberg’s GT2 test
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BMC Psychiatry

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