GORD (n = 29) | FD (n = 43) | NCCP (n = 40) | IHD (n = 21) | p Value (ANCOVA) | |
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FD, functional dyspepsia; NCCP, non-cardiac chest pain; GORD, gastro-oesophageal reflux disease; IHD, ischaemic heart disease; HADS, hospital anxiety and depression scale. | |||||
†SF36 physical component summary score and SF36 mental component summary score. | |||||
Pain score | 62.4 (5.1) | 59.0 (4.3) | 54.7 (4.5) | 48.1 (6.3) | 0.31 |
HAD total | 11.3 (1.5) | 15.7 (1.2) | 15.3 (1.3) | 16.6 (1.8) | 0.054 |
Marked social difficulties score | 1.5 (0.4) | 2.2 (0.4) | 1.7 (0.4) | 1.9 (0.5) | 0.61 |
Outcome variables | |||||
SF36 physical† | 44.8 (2.2) | 41.6 (1.8) | 38.9 (1.9) | 35.8 (2.7) | 0.046 |
SF36 mental† | 47.8 (2.0) | 44.1 (1.7) | 43.5 (1.8) | 40.6 (2.5) | 0.14 |
Follow up SF36 change in health | χ2 | ||||
Same/improved | 24 (82.8%) | 30 (78.9%) | 20 (58.8%) | 6 (30.0%) | 18.83 |
Worse | 5 (17.2%) | 8 (21.1%) | 14 (41.2%) | 14 (70.0%) | <0.0005 |