Chronic pelvic pain, psychiatric disorders and early emotional traumas: Results of a cross sectional case-control study

Table 2 Scores of the early trauma inventory - short form - and their sub-scales according to the chronic pelvic pain and control groups

Type of early trauma		CPP (n = 50)	C (n = 50)	Statistics	Effect Size
General traumas	Mean1	2.56	2.16	U = 1159.00	0.20
	(SD)	(2.26)	(1.81)	P = 0.52
	% Yes2	84	82
Physical punishment	Mean	2.04	1.51	U = 1011.00	0.36
	(SD)	(1.66)	(1.28)	P = 0.12
	% Yes	72	70
Emotional abuse	Mean	2	1.92	U = 1204.00	0.04
	(SD)	(1.93)	(1.87)	P = 0.88
	% Yes	64	68
Sexual events	Mean	1.14	0.98	U = 1169.00	0.11
	(SD)	(1.5)	(1.36)	P = 0.54
	% Yes	50	42
Total	Mean	7.8	6.54	U = 1091.50	0.24
	(SD)	(5.84)	(4.5)	P = 0.44
	% Sim	94	98

¹Mean of traumatic situation sexperienced in each category;

²Percentage of subjects with at least one type of trauma within the category. CPP: Chronic pelvic pain group; C: Control group; U: Mann-Whitney test.