Are Mood and Anxiety Disorders and Alexithymia Associated with Endometriosis? A Preliminary Study

Table 5

Pelvic pain and dysmenorrhea VAS mean scores comparison in relation to presence of psychiatric disorders, malfunctioning on SCL-90 subscales, and alexithymia (TAS-20 total score) in endometriosis patients.

		Pelvic pain		Dysmenorrhea
		Mean ± SD	𝑃	Mean ± SD	𝑃
Comorbid psychiatric disorder	absent	1.3±2.8	0.286	3.9±4.1	0.049*
	present	2.6±4.1		6.4±3.3
SOM	<60 T points	0.68±2.2	0.003**	4.1±3.7	0.011*
	>60 T points	4.4±4.4		7.5±4.0
OC	<60 T points	0.65±2.2	0.001**	4.4±4.7	0.048*
	>60 T points	4.8±4.4		7.2±3.4
SENS	<60 T points	0.90±2.8	0.038*	5.2±3.6	0.865
	>60 T points	3.4±4.0		5.4±4.2
ANX	<60 T points	0.96±2.7	0.004**	4.6±3.8	0.107
	>60 T points	4.9±2.3		7.1±3.4
TAS-20	≤60	1.1±2.7	0.004**	4.7±3.7	0.376
	≥61	5.5±4.5		6.5±4.1

∗Means difference is significant at the 0.05 level.
**Means difference is significant at the 0.01 level.