Table 3

 Mood and life stress scores by injury status

SourceNo injury (n  =  269)Healed injury (n  =  389)Current injury (n  =  144)
Values are mean (SD). Wilks  =  0.96, p  =  0.003.
†Significantly different (p<0.01) from no injury.
Anger2.50 (2.46)2.92 (2.69)3.25 (2.89)†
Confusion2.06 (2.61)2.40 (2.61)2.81 (2.85)†
Depression1.46 (2.36)1.73 (2.34)2.40 (2.90)†
Fatigue5.61 (3.61)6.06 (3.64)6.94 (3.93)†
Tension2.69 (2.62)3.11 (2.83)3.42 (2.90)†
Vigour9.44 (3.14)9.89 (2.98)9.47 (3.13)
Life stress10.86 (5.74)12.14 (5.62)13.13 (6.34)†