In addition, obsessive-compulsive symptoms showed a marginally significant difference ( p =0.050), with women displaying slightly higher scores, possibly reflecting increased obsessive-compulsive tendencies in the female sample.
In addition, marginally statistically significant differences were observed for somatization ( p =0.067), obsessive-compulsive symptoms ( p =0.074), anxiety ( p =0.064), hostility ( p =0.050), and paranoid ideation ( p =0.066), indicating a trend toward increased psychological distress and emotional tension among patients with genital involvement.
In addition, a marginal trend toward higher anxiety scores was observed (M=7.32, Mdn=6 vs .