Table 3.
Baseline vs. post pain education changes.
| Measure | Baseline | Post education | Wilcoxon sign rank test | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISCIBPDS (0–10) | median | IQR | median | IQR | Z | p-value |
| Worst pain intensity | 8 | 3.75 | 7 | 3.75 | 0.081 | 0.418 |
| Pain interference with activities | 6 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 2.261 | 0.024* | |
| Pain interference with mood | 5.5 | 8.0 | 4 | 6.0 | 1.583 | 0.113 |
| Pain interference with sleep | 6 | 8.75 | 5 | 6.0 | 0.738 | 0.461 |
| Difficulty dealing with pain (0–10) | 6 | 5.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 2.177 | 0.029* |
| MPI-SCI (0–6) | ||||||
| Pain Severity | 4 | 2.75 | 4.5 | 3.0 | −0.94, | 0.925 |
| Life Interference | 3 | 3.84 | 3.25 | 3.09 | −1.244 | 0.179 |
| Life Control | 4 | 2.33 | 3.83 | 4.09 | 0.938 | 0.348 |
| Affective Distress | 2.33 | 3.25 | 2.5 | 2.59 | −1.531 | 0.126 |
| Support | 5 | 2.59 | 4.67 | 2.50 | 1.491 | 0.136 |
ISCIPBDS, international SCI pain basic dataset; MPI-SCI, multidimensional pain inventory SCI-version; IQR, interquartile range.
p < 0.05.