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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obstet Gynecol. 2009 Apr;113(4):825–832. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e31819bda7c

Table 2.

Outcome measure Baseline values, Pearson correlation coefficients, and change in outcome measures from Baseline to Week 8. (95% confidence intervals)

Selected outcome
measures
Baseline (mean ± SE) TT Baseline correlated * to
Baseline outcome values
Change Baseline to
Week 8 (mean ± SE)
TT change correlated * to
change from Baseline to
Week 8
Tampon test 4.67 ± 0.19 1.00 −1.53 ± 0.19 1.00
Overall pain (24 hrs.) 1.90 ± 0.16 0.38 (0.23, 0.52); P < 0.0001 −0.60 ± 1.19 0.42 (0.24, 0.55); P < 0.0001
Intercourse pain 5.82 ± 0.24 0.22 (0.05, 0.38); P = 0.04 −1.60 ± 0.23 0.35 (0.17, 0.50); P = 0.003
CST (vestibule) 22.12 ± 0.46 0.11 (−0.06, 0.28); P = 0.21 −9.13 ± 0.94 0.38 (0.21, 0.53); P < 0.0001
CST (vagina) 2.39 ± 0.27 0.08 (−0.10, 0.25); P = 0.40 −0.76 ± 0.33 0.12 (−0.07, 0.30); P = 0.23
Algesiometer 10.70 ± 0.63 −0.16 (−0.33, 0.00); P = 0.06 5.68 ± 1.14 −0.33 (−0.49,−0.15); P = 0.0004
Pelvic muscle pain (mean) 0.64 ± 0.05 −0.09 (−0.25, 0.08); P = 0.34 −0.17 ± 0.05 0.12 (−0.06, 0.30); P = 0.19
SF-MPQ total score 13.56 ± 0.76 0.15 (−0.03, 0.31); P = 0.11 −4.92 ± 0.74 0.23 (0.04, 0.40); P = 0.02
SF-MPQ affective subscale 2.50 ± 0.27 0.13 (−0.04, 0.30); P = 0.16 −1.27 ± 0.26 0.16 (−0.03, 0.33); P = 0.12
SF-MPQ sensory subscale 10.96 ± 0.60 0.19 (0.02, 0.35), P = 0.054 −3.73 ± 0.58 0.30 (0.12, 0.46); P = 0.0052
Brief Pain Inventory 20.46 ± 1.60 0.34 (0.17, 0.48); P < 0.0001 −7.91 ± 1.60 0.49 (0.34, 0.62); P < 0.0001
Neuropathic Pain Scale 43.69 ± 1.37 0.19 (0.01, 0.35); P = 0.03 −12.7 ± 1.52 0.33 (0.16, 0.49); P = 0.0005
Beck Depression Inventory 9.58 ± 0.79 0.03 (−0.14, 0.21); P = 0.71 ** **
Profile of Mood States 86.68 ± 2.75 0.10 (−0.07, 0.27); P = 0.29 ** **

SF-MPQ = Short-form McGill Pain Questionnaire

*

Pearson Correlation Coefficient (95% C.I.)

**

not available at Week—8

CST = Cotton Swab Test

TT = Tampon Test