The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery

Table 2 Pain severity in patients with CTTH and patients with depression

From: Cognitive performance in patients with chronic tension-type headache and its relation to neuroendocrine hormones

Variables	CTTH		Depression		Significance
	N 100		N	97	χ²	p
	N	%	N	%
Mild	4	4%	0	0.00%	NS
Discomforting	21	21%	25	25.80%	NS
Distressing	34	34%	45	46.4%	NS
Horrible	24	24%	24	24.70%	NS
Excruciating	17	17%	3	3.10%	9.80	0.002

CTTH = chronic tension-type headache, level was set at p < 0.05

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