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Table 4 GSI mean scores and confidence interval in 9 dimensions of SCL90-R test, based on the psychological history

Psychological dimensions	Positive psychological		Negative psychological		Mean Difference	SD	95%CI
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD			Lower	Upper
Depression	1.85	0.79	1.05	0.65	-0.790	0.124	0.543	1.034
Somatization	2.23	0.74	1.62	0.83	-0.602	0.131	0.343	0.861
Obsessive- compulsive	1.81	0.81	1.09	0.72	-0.716	0.132	0.455	0.976
Interpersonal sensitivity	1.62	0.82	1.03	0.69	-0.589	0.129	0.335	0.844
Anxiety	1.86	0.81	1.13	0.74	-0.734	0.131	0.475	0.994
Hostility	1.62	0.91	0.94	0.81	-0.684	0.145	0.397	0.971
Phobia	1.26	0.89	0.69	0.64	-0.562	0.135	0.295	0.829
Paranoid indentation	1.62	0.92	1.11	0.63	-0.515	0.137	0.245	0.786
Psychoticism	1.25	0.73	0.66	0.57	-0.586	0.111	0.366	0.806
GSI total	1.73	0.68	1.11	0.61	-0.621	0.120	0.384	0.859
PST total	64.5	17.49	49.92	20.8	-14.62	3.499	7.693	21.549
PSDI	2.36	0.59	1.92	0.54	-0.437	0.104	0.231	0.644

GSI = Global Severity Index
PST = Positive Symptom Total.
PSDI = Positive Symptom Distress Index.
CI = Confidence interval
The higher mean score indicates worst psychological health status in that item. In patients with positive psychological history, the highest mean scores were for somatization, obsessive-compulsive, anxiety and depression. The least mean scores were for phobic anxiety and psychoticism. In patients with negative psychological history, the highest mean scores were for somatization, paranoid ideation and aggression. The least mean score was for phobic anxiety.

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