Psychological intervention reduces postembolization pain during hepatic arterial chemoembolization therapy: A complementary approach to drug analgesia

Table 2 Psychological symptoms of patients measured with SCL-90 before the procedure (mean ± SD)

Psychological	Control group	Intervention group	Significance
symptoms	(n = 46)	(n = 216)	t(or t’)	P value
Somatization	1.55 ± 0.46	1.58 ± 0.44	0.42	0.68
Obsessive-compulsive tendencies	1.53 ±0.67	1.68 ± 0.61	1.49	0.14
Sensitivity	1.65 ± 0.57	1.58 ± 0.55	0.78	0.44
Depression	1.72 ± 0.50	1.64 ± 0.48	1.02	0.31
Anxiety	1.47 ± 0.40	1.51 ± 0.39	0.63	0.53
Hostility	1.41 ± 0.57	1.50 ± 0.60	0.93	0.35
Phobia	1.46 ± 0.38	1.40 ± 0.33	1.09	0.28
Paranoia	1.50 ± 0.49	1.42 ± 0.48	1.02	0.31
Psychosis	1.46 ± 0.30	1.41 ± 0.37	0.98	0.33

P > 0.05 for each comparison.