Differing coping mechanisms, stress level and anorectal physiology in patients with functional constipation

Table 3 Coping scores in patients and controls

Coping strategies	Patient (n = 80)		Control (n = 18)		P
	Median scores	Range	Median scores	Range
Monitoring	14	3-27	9	2-15	0.001
Blunting	8	1-16	9	5-16	0.9
Social support	43	33-56	41	34-51	0.3
Controllable problem solving	6	1-11	6	1-12	0.3
Uncontrollable problem solving	5	1-11	5	1-9	0.8
Controllable catharsis	6	1-12	6	2-10	0.7
Uncontrollable catharsis	5	1-11	5	1-10	0.9
Controllable wishful thinking	5	1-12	5	1-12	0.6
Uncontrollable wishful thinking	4	1-12	5	1-12	0.3
Controllable distancing	4	1-10	3	1-7	0.4
Uncontrollable distancing	5	1-12	5	1-12	0.9