Table 1.
Demographic Characteristic of Study Samples at Baseline
| Study 1 | Study 2 | |||
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| Full Sample (N = 741) |
Frequent Pain Subsample1 (n = 312) |
Follow-up Subsample (n = 549) |
Daily Diary Subsample (n = 69) |
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| % Female | 54.5 | 58.8 | 54.9 | 65.2 |
| Mean Age (SD) | 53.73 (7.25) | 54.05 (6.91) | 54.15 (7.29) | 54.23 (6.53) |
| Pain Intensity (SD) | 2.62 (1.39) | 3.64 (1.17) | 2.64 (1.38) | 3.74 (1.04) |
| Pain Frequency in days/month (SD) | 9.19 (12.22) | 21.07 (10.51) | 9.11 (12.16) | 20.75 (10.42) |
| Loneliness (SD) | 0.90 (1.20) | 1.13 (1.33) | 0.87 (1.18) | 1.00 (1.31) |
| Hostility (SD) | 1.35 (0.67) | 1.38 (0.73) | 1.32 (0.63) | 1.29 (0.57) |
| Social Functioning (SD) | 82.73 (24.60) | 74.40 (28.41) | 83.27 (24.61) | 75.54 (29.03) |
| Education | ||||
| Less than high school | 6.6% | 5.5% | 4.6% | 8.9% |
| High school or GED | 16.4% | 18.1% | 7.9% | 5.9% |
| Some college | 27.3% | 33.1% | 35.2% | 35.3% |
| Graduated college | 30.7% | 27.6% | 32.6% | 35.2% |
| Professional Degree | 18.1% | 15.6% | 19.7% | 14.7% |
| Relationship Status | ||||
| Married | 50.8% | 48.2% | 50.7% | 47.1% |
| Divorced or separated | 23.2% | 26.9% | 24.0% | 26.5% |
| Unmarried but in a committed relationship | 12.7% | 13.1% | 11.9% | 13.1% |
| Single and never married | 7.3% | 7.5% | 8.0% | 5.9% |
| Widowed | 5.3% | 4.3% | 5.4% | 7.4% |
Note: BL = Baseline, FU = Follow-up, SD = Standard Deviation.
1
Frequent pain subsample only includes participants who scored “1” on the dichotomous pain frequency variable (i.e., pain “every week,” “several times a week,” or “daily”).