Evaluation of Alexithymia, Somatosensory Sensitivity, and Health Anxiety Levels in Patients with Noncardiac Chest Pain

Table 2

Somatosensory amplification scale and health related anxiety scores of study population.

Psychological tests	Patients group; (𝑛=51)	Control group; (𝑛=51)	𝑃
SAS score	32.4±7.5	26.8±7.0	<0.001
HAI-1 score	14.5±6.3	11.2±5.4	0.006
HAI-2 score	3.2±2.2	3.5±2.2	0.442
HAI-T score	17.6±7.7	14.7±6.4	0.038

Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation.
SAS: Somatosensory Amplification Scale; HAI: Health Anxiety Inventory; T: Total.