Subjective cognitive complaints in patients with stress-related exhaustion disorder: a cross sectional study

BMC Psychology

Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristics

Variable	Patients (n = 103)	Control group (n = 58)	df	χ ²	t	p	Δ
Female^b	88 (85.44%)	47 (81.03%)	1	0.53		.47
Age^{a c}	43.28 (8.75)	43.74 (6.59)	159		0.35	.73
Range	22–60	35–56
Education^b			2	1.06		.59
Elementary school	6 (5.83%)	2 (3.45%)	159
High school	32 (31.07%)	22 (37.93%)	159
University	65 (63.11%)	34 (58.62%)	159
SMBQ^{a c}
Total score	4.87 (0.96)	2.47 (0.91)	159		− 15.53	.00	2.16
Exhaustion	4.71 (1.15)	2.40 (0.92)	159		− 13.21	.00	2.10
Listlessness	5.00 (1.15)	2.67 (1.20)	159		− 12.17	.00	2.78
Tension	4.86 (1.10)	2.59 (1.28)	159		−11.80	.00	2.83
Cognitive weariness	5.01 (1.17)	2.34 (1.18)			− 13.83	.00	3.02
HADS^{a c}
Depression	6.87 (3.46)	2.16 (1.84)	159		− 9.63	.00	2.56
Anxiety	9.72 (3.56)	4.26 (3.05)	159		− 9.82	.00	1.79

Significant group differences are italicized
^aMean (SD). ^bBased on Pearson’s Chi-square test. ^cBased on Independent Samples T-test

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