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Table 5 Comparisons between caregivers, normative and code Z samples for the SCL-90-R

From: Coping with Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome: quality of life and psychosocial features of family carers

SCL-90-R

Caregiversa

Normative Sampleb

Code Z Samplec

Mean differences

Effect size (g) a vs.b

Effect size (g) a vs.c

 

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

   
 

(n = 22)

(n = 530)

(n = 188)

   

GSI

0.78

0.49

0.51

0.36

1.20

0.69

a > b** a < c**

0.74

0.62

PST

39.36

21.25

25.30

14.30

38.81

29.03

a > b***

0.96

–

PSDI

1.73

0.43

1.75

0.48

2.13

0.67

–

–

–

SOM

1.00

0.69

0.55

0.55

1.35

0.86

a > b***

0.81

–

OBS

0.85

0.73

0.60

0.51

1.43

0.86

a > b* a < c**

0.48

0.68

INT

0.75

0.71

0.45

0.44

1.13

0.88

a > b*

0.66

–

DEP

1.15

0.63

0.72

0.45

1.70

0.96

a > b*** a < c**

0.94

0.59

ANX

0.65

0.65

0.52

0.49

1.35

0.81

a < c***

–

0.88

HOS

0.82

0.67

0.45

0.53

1.07

0.95

a > b*

0.69

–

PHO

0.27

0.40

0.25

0.36

0.60

0.72

a < c*

–

0.48

PAR

0.61

0.59

0.47

0.50

1.10

0.89

a < c*

–

0.57

PSY

0.39

0.39

0.21

0.30

0.74

0.70

a > b** a < c*

0.59

0.52

  1. SD standard deviation. Higher scores indicate worse functioning on a scale of 1–4. ***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05. Hedge’ g is designated as small (0.20), medium (0.50), and large (0.80). GSI Global Severity Index, PST Positive Symptom Total, PSDI Positive Symptom Distress Index, SOM Somatization, OBS Obsessive-Compulsive, INT Interpersonal Sensitivity, DEP Depression, ANX Anxiety, HOS Hostility, PHO Phobic Anxiety, PAR Paranoid Ideation, PSY Psychoticism. aCaregiver sample of this current study b Normative sample findings as published by González de Rivera et al., [51]. cZ code sample findings as published by Lozano, Ortiz & González [49]