Health Anxiety: Tables and Appendix

Table 1. Demographic Data
Age
0 – 9            5
10 – 14        8
15 — 19      20
20 – 29       41
30 – 39       10
40 – 49       23
50 – 59       28
60 – 69       39
70 – 79       39
80 – 84       12
85 – 89       14
> 90            2

Male =            97
Female =     115
Trans =            1 (87 yo woman with confusion)

New Patient                      34
Returning Patient            188

Table 2.
HA Questions

  1. Are you worried a lot about a particular health problem? Y N
  2. Do you tend to worry about your health in general? Y N
  3. Have you ever felt that the problem is more serious than your doctors have found it to be? Y N

YYY            16        9%
2 Ys            34      18%
1 Y             38       21%
Total           88      49% with one or more positive response

Question 1 Positive answers: 60
Question 2 Positive answers: 48
Question 3 Positive answers: 33

Appendix

 

 

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