Table 5. MSPF-SQ score of pain in rheumatoid arthritis patients before and after mental calculation.

This table shows the MPQ-SF score for rheumatoid arthritis patients for motor imagery vs mental calculation. The P-value was 0.663 for the motor imagery group and >0.99 for the mental calculation group. Data were checked for normality using the Shapiro-Wilk normality test. The comparison was done by ANOVA.

MPQ-SF, McGill Pain Questionnaire short form; ANOVA, analysis of variance.

MPF-SQ score	Motor imagery	Mental calculation
Pre-procedure	26.35 ± 2.7	26.2 ± 1.6
Post-procedure	25.86 ± 2.2	26.0 ± 1.4
P-value	0.663	>0.99