Ross M J, Handal P J, Tait R C, Grossberg G T, Brandeberry L
Department of Psychology, Saint Louis University, MO 63103.
J Psychosom Res. 1990;34(2):183-7. doi: 10.1016/0022-3999(90)90052-6.
Elderly (n = 30) and young (n = 30) subjects, equated in terms of general physical health, education and depression, were compared in terms of Total, Frequency and Intensity scores on the psychosomatic symptom checklist (PSC). Elderly subjects scored significantly lower than young subjects for both PSC Total and PSC Intensity scores. These results call into question the practice of aggregating PSC data from age heterogeneous samples and indicate the importance of reporting all three PSC scores.
在总体身体健康、教育程度和抑郁水平方面相当的30名老年受试者和30名年轻受试者,就心身症状检查表(PSC)的总分、频率得分和强度得分进行了比较。老年受试者的PSC总分和PSC强度得分均显著低于年轻受试者。这些结果对将来自不同年龄样本的PSC数据进行汇总的做法提出了质疑,并表明报告PSC所有三个得分的重要性。