Table 3 Mean scores for the 22 selected items from the DBC-A
| Â | Means of DBC-A scores (SD) | P value between DEL and Non-DELa | P value between males and femalesa | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Item | Description | Whole group | DEL | Non-DEL | Males | Females | ||
n= 100 | n= 73 | n= 23 | n= 44 | n= 56 | ||||
1 | Appears depressed, downcast or unhappy | 0.55 (0.7) | 0.56 (0.7) | 0.52 (0.7) | 0.50 (0.7) | 0.59 (0.7) | NS | NS |
4 | Abusive, swears at others | 0.66 (0.8) | 0.48 (0.7) | 1.17 (0.8) | 0.64 (0.7) | 0.68 (0.8) | P < 0.001** | NS |
7 | Becomes over-excited | 0.64 (0.8) | 0.62 (0.8) | 0.83 (0.8) | 0.52 (0.7) | 0.73 (0.8) | NS | NS |
21 | Easily led into trouble by others | 0.71 (0.8) | 0.60 (0.7) | 0.96 (0.8) | 0.61 (0.7) | 0.79 (0.8) | P = 0.050* | NS |
28 | Gorges food; will do anything to get food, for example, takes food out of garbage bins or steals food | 0.73 (0.9) | 0.79 (0.8) | 0.52 (0.8) | 0.84 (0.9) | 0.64 (0.8) | NS | NS |
29 | Gets obsessed with an idea or activity | 0.92 (0.8) | 0.78 (0.8) | 1.39 (0.7) | 0.80 (0.7) | 1.02 (0.9) | P = 0.001** | NS |
34 | Has temper tantrums, for example, stamps feet, slams doors | 0.80 (0.7) | 0.78 (0.7) | 0.83 (0.8) | 0.82 (0.7) | 0.79 (0.7) | NS | NS |
38 | Impatient | 0.74 (0.8) | 0.63 (0.7) | 1.09 (0.9) | 0.75 (0.8) | 0.73 (0.8) | P = 0.015* | NS |
40 | Increase in appetite | 1.31 (0.8) | 1.40 (0.8) | 1.00 (1.0) | 1.43 (0.8) | 1.21 (0.9) | P = 0.049* | NS |
41 | Impulsive, acts before thinking | 0.53 (0.8) | 0.40 (0.7) | 0.96 (0.9) | 0.43 (0.7) | 0.6 (0.8) | P = 0.001** | NS |
42 | Irritable | 0.89 (0.8) | 0.85 (0.7) | 1.04 (0.8) | 0.86 (0.7) | 0.91 (0.8) | NS | P = 0.029* |
43 | Jealous | 0.73 (0.8) | 0.75 (0.8) | 0.61 (0.8) | 0.57 (0.8) | 0.86 (0.9) | NS | NS |
44 | Kicks, hits or injures others | 0.51 (0.7) | 0.40 (0.6) | 0.87 (0.8) | 0.34 (0.5) | 0.64 (0.8) | P = 0.004** | NS |
52 | Makes gloomy statements | 0.58 (0.6) | 0.56 (0.6) | 0.74 (0.7) | 0.48 (0.6) | 0.66 (0.7) | NS | NS |
55 | Moves slowly, underactive, does little, for example, only sits and watches others | 0.53 (0.8) | 0.51 (0.8) | 0.65 (0.9) | 0.48 (0.8) | 0.57 (0.8) | NS | NS |
65 | Prefers to do things on his/ her own; tends to be a loner | 0.77 (0.9) | 0.62 (0.8) | 1.22 (0.9) | 0.68 (0.8) | 0.84 (0.9) | P = 0.003** | NS |
66 | Preoccupied with only one or two particular interests | 0.51 (0.8) | 0.47 (0.7) | 0.70 (0.9) | 0.50 (0.8) | 0.52 (0.8) | NS | NS |
75 | Scratches or picks her/his skin | 0.61 (0.8) | 0.51 (0.8) | 0.78 (0.8) | 0.45 (0.8) | 0.73 (0.8) | NS | NS |
85 | Stubborn, disobedient or uncooperative | 0.63 (0.7) | 0.52 (0.7) | 0.87 (0.8) | 0.64 (0.7) | 0.63 (0.8) | P = 0.046* | NS |
94 | Tells lies | 0.65 (0.7) | 0.64 (0.7) | 0.70 (0.8) | 0.68 (0.7) | 0.63 (0.8) | NS | NS |
96 | Tense, anxious, worried | 0.72 (0.7) | 0.68 (0.7) | 0.87 (0.9) | 0.66 (0.8) | 0.77 (0.7) | NS | NS |
102 | Upset and distressed over small changes in routine or environment | 0.88 (0.8) | 0.81 (0.7) | 1.13 (0.9) | 0.66 (0.7) | 1.05 (0.8) | NS | P = 0.013* |