Table 3 Comparison of higher-order scales in TMD cases/controls
From: Personality traits and anxiety in patients with temporomandibular disorders
Studied groups | Statistics | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Score | Case | Control | Mann–Whitney U P-value | ||||
Mean | SD | Ranking Mean | Mean | SD | Ranking Mean | ||
Emotional/internalizing dysfunction (EID) | 56.86 | 8.08 | 157.99 | 50.48 | 5.40 | 101.01 | 4645.500 < 0.0001 |
Thought dysfunction (THD) | 51.31 | 7.30 | 113.72 | 54.04 | 4.73 | 145.28 | 6285.000 0.001 |
Behavioral/externalizing dysfunction (BXD) | 59.51 | 12.66 | 135.27 | 57.15 | 5.70 | 123.73 | 7576.000 0.204 |