[Retracted] Influence of Diagnostic Informing on Negative Emotions, Illness Perception, Self-Perceived Burden, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Patients with Gastrointestinal Tumors

Table 4

Comparison of PTSD between two groups (n, ± s, scores).

Items	The informing group (n = 125)	The concealment group (n = 136)	t value	value
Reexperience	9.58 ± 4.47	10.15 ± 4.38	1.040	0.299
Avoidance/numbness	11.61 ± 5.23	12.77 ± 6.01	1.657	0.098
Hypervigilance	10.24 ± 4.18	11.45 ± 5.29	2.038	0.043
Total PCL-C score	31.43 ± 11.05	34.37 ± 10.80	2.173	0.031