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Table 5 Comparison of the glaucoma group and the control group for the tested psychometric parameters

From: Influence of painless one-eye blindness on depression, anxiety and quality of life in glaucoma patients with a normal fellow eye

  Glaucoma group (median, quartiles, n = 28) Control group (median, quartiles, n = 26) P-valuea
Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) 8.00 3.00 0.050
4.00 18.25 0.00 15.00
Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) 36.50 39.00 0.716
32.25 44.75 32.00 49.25
Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) 6.50 2.00 0.004
3.00. 11.75 0.00 5.25
Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS) 10.00 8.00 0.013
8.00 11.00 6.00 9.75
SF-36 physical functioning 90.00 100.00 0.004
70.00 95.00 90.00 100.00
SF-36 physical role functioning 100.00 100.00 0.152
81.25 100.00 100.00 100.00
SF-36 emotional role functioning 100.00 100.00 0.594
100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
SF-36 vitality 70.00 77.50 0.045
60.00 75.00 65.00 90.00
SF-36 mental health 78.00 84.00 0.117
61.00 88.00 76.00 100.00
SF-36 social role functioning 100.00 100.00 0.600
87.50 100.00 84.38 100.00
SF-36 bodily pain 70.00 90.00 0.005
57.50 97.50 87.50 100.00
SF-36 general health 50.00 70.00 0.001
40.00 68.75 65.00 81.25
  1. SF Short Form Health Survey
  2. a Mann-Whitney U test
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