Family-based associations in measures of psychological distress and quality of life in a cardiac screening clinic for inheritable cardiac diseases: a cross-sectional study

Table 3 Key HADS and SF-12v2 results, comparing the findings by age group

	All persons	Persons aged ≤ 24	Persons aged 25 -39	Persons aged 40-54	Persons aged 55+	F statistics, p value*
Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale
n	316	61	143	75	37
HADS-A: Mean (SD)	6.87 (3.96)	6.6 (3.94)	7.09 (3.94)	7.24 (3.77)	5.68 (4.33)	F=1.59, p=0.19
HADS-D: Mean (SD)	2.83 (2.70)	1.82 (2.04)	2.46 (2.29)	4.08 (3.09)	3.35 (3.24)	F=10.42, p<0.0001
*Short Form 12 version 2 scale*
n	294	57	135	70	32
PCS-12: Mean (SD)	51.62 (8.07)	53.34 (7.04)	52.38 (7.66)	50.26 (8.55)	48.32 (9.33)	F=3.81, p=0.011
MCS-12: Mean (SD)	49.63 (10.51)	50.37 (10.12)	49.41 (9.47)	47.87 (12.28)	53.11 (10.73)	F=1.95, p=0.12

*From an analysis of variance (ANOVA) model with age group (in categories) as the indendent variable; F statistic and p value given for the model as a whole.
HADS-A Hospital anxiety and depression scale anxiety subscale HADS-D Hospital anxiety and depression scale depression subscale SD Standard deviation PCS-12. Physical health component summary MCS-12 Mental health component summary.

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