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

Table 3 Differences in psychological symptoms measured with SCL-90 in patients of intervention group and normal Chinese (mean ± SD) (Jin H et al, 1986)

Psychological symptoms	Intervention group (n = 216)	Norm (n = 7273)	Significance
			t (or t’)	P value
Somatization	1.58 ± 0.44	1.40 ± 0.40	5.94	< 0.01
Obsessive-compulsive tendencies	1.68 ± 0.61	1.49 ± 0.54	4.53	< 0.01
Sensitivity	1.58 ± 0.55	1.45 ± 0.52	3.61	< 0.01
Depression	1.64 ± 0.48	1.42 ± 0.49	6.51	< 0.01
Anxiety	1.51 ± 0.39	1.31 ± 0.42	6.91	< 0.01
Hostility	1.50 ± 0.60	1.37 ± 0.50	3.15	< 0.01
Phobia	1.40 ± 0.33	1.25 ± 0.40	6.54	< 0.01
Paranoia	1.42 ± 0.48	1.35 ± 0.49	2.07	< 0.05
Psychosis	1.41 ± 0.37	1.22 ± 0.37	7.44	< 0.01