Prevalence of psychomorbidity among patients with chronic cough

Cough

Table 2 Comparison of psychoneurotic scales between idiopathic cough patients (n = 15) and successfully treated patients (n = 42)

	Treated cough (n = 42)	Idiopathic (n = 15)	Unpaired t value	P value
*HAD*
*Anxiety*	6.74 (4.66)	5.27 (3.62)	- 1.107	0.136
*Depression*	3.81 (3.72)	3.93 (3.97)	0.109	0.457
*STAI*
*State*	30.92 (8.20)	36.5 (9.53)	1.975	0.027*
*Trait*	38.92 (12.16)	39.15 (8.58)	0.063	0.475
*CCEI*
*FFA*	5.47 (4.37)	6.75 (4.20)	0.859	0.197
PA	4.05 (3.34)	4.33 (3.60)	0.249	0.402
*OBS*	6.58 (3.76)	7.58 (3.11)	0.837	0.203
*SOM*	5.92 (3.98)	4.75 (4.48)	-0.086	0.196
*DEP*	4.71 (3.52)	4.50 (3.23)	1.49	0.07

Values given as mean (SD)* p < 0.05, HAD – Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale, STAI – State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, CCEI – Crown Crisp experiential Index,FFA – free floating anxiety, PA – phobic anxiety, OBS – obsession, SOM – somatisation, DEP – depression