Factors associated with alcohol use disorder: the role of depression, anxiety, stress, alexithymia and work fatigue- a population study in Lebanon

Table 2 Association between the alcohol use disorder scale score and all other scales

	Alcohol dependence		p-value
	Low risk	High risk
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20)	49.73 ± 10.01	54.55 ± 10.30	< 0.001
Depression score (HAM-D)	8.00 ± 7.93	17.31 ± 10.71	< 0.001
Anxiety score (HAM-A)	10.90 ± 9.40	17.58 ± 9.69	< 0.001
Perceived stress scale (PSC)	17.64 ± 6.14	19.37 ± 5.58	< 0.001
Liebowitz social anxiety scale	36.58 ± 24.77	42.75 ± 20.59	< 0.001
Emotional awareness	20.32 ± 7.71	17.68 ± 7.00	0.097
Emotional management	22.25 ± 8.82	17.54 ± 7.13	< 0.001
Social Emotional awareness	23.81 ± 8.80	19.59 ± 7.64	0.005
Relationship management	23.69 ± 9.15	19.35 ± 7.87	< 0.001
Emotional work fatigue	15.29 ± 9.73	20.32 ± 11.12	< 0.001
Physical work fatigue	17.52 ± 8.19	18.57 ± 8.36	< 0.001
Mental work fatigue	14.05 ± 7.97	17.63 ± 9.51	< 0.001
Suicidal ideation score	0.17 ± 0.73	1.00 ± 1.50	0.001

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