The Impact and Correlation of Anxiety and Depression on Pressure Pain Threshold of Acupoints in Patients with Chronic Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

Table 3

Differences in the emotion and pain scores between the two groups.

Items	Group A	Group B	Statistical value	value
SAS	49.00 (45.00–54.00)	38.50 (34.00–41.00)	−9.151	≤0.001
SDS	53.00 (46.00–59.00)	40.00 (35.00–43.00)	−7.721	≤0.001
VAS	5.15 ± 1.82	4.20 ± 1.93	3.083	0.002
SF-MPQ	14.30 (10.70–19.00)	10.25 (8.38–14.70)	−3.960	≤0.001

SAS: Self-Rating Anxiety Scale; SDS: Self-Rating Depression Scale; VAS: Visual Analog Scale; SF-MPQ: short-form McGill Pain Questionnaire. , .