Table 2 Comparison of Stress Symptoms, Tendency to Stress, Coping Styles and Life Satisfaction between Migraineurs and Non-migraineurs
From: Are migraineur women really more vulnerable to stress and less able to cope?
Stress Symptoms | Migraineurs n:62 | Non-migraneurs n:58 | Student t test | Relative effect size | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | t | P | ||
Muscle system | 22.6 | 11.1 | 21.9 | 16.2 | 0.27 | 0.79 | 0.05 |
Parasympathetic system | 20.4 | 13.6 | 19.4 | 10.4 | 0.46 | 0.65 | 0.08 |
Sympathetic system | 21.7 | 12.7 | 14.1 | 10.5 | 3.58* | 0.00 | 0.65 |
Emotional system | 29.0 | 21.1 | 28.1 | 15.7 | 0.26 | 0.79 | 0.05 |
Cognitive system | 23.6 | 13.5 | 25.5 | 12.4 | 0.27 | 0.41 | 0.15 |
Endocrine system | 14.0 | 10.0 | 15.4 | 8.2 | -0.8 | 0.43 | 0.15 |
Immune system | 14.8 | 10.7 | 13.3 | 10.7 | 0.77 | 0.45 | 0.14 |
Coping styles | |||||||
Seeking social support | 8.2 | 3.7 | 10.4 | 3.7 | -3.23* | 0.00 | 0.59 |
Submissive | 6.1 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 2.6 | 2.44* | 0.02 | 0.45 |
Self-confident | 13.5 | 4.6 | 12.3 | 4.2 | 1.48 | 0.14 | 0.27 |
Optimistic | 9.2 | 5.5 | 7.5 | 3.1 | 2.11* | 0.04 | 0.37 |
Helpless | 10.4 | 4.9 | 10.4 | 4.8 | -0.06 | 0.95 | 0.01 |
Total scores of Tendency to stress | 46.7 | 10.0 | 48.4 | 12.7 | -0.81 | 0.42 | 0.15 |
Life Satisfaction | 4.83 | 1.79 | 4.94 | 1.59 | 0.73 | 0.73 | 0.06 |