Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the sample as a function of treatment condition
| SLCBT | ES | P | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parent demographics and clinical characteristics | |||
| Age, M (s.d.) | 43.7 (6.9) | 43.8 (5.8) | 0.872 |
| Gender, n (%) female | 95 (95.0) | 93 (93.0) | 0.552 |
| Race, n (%) Caucasian | 92 (95.8) | 93 (97.9) | 0.414 |
| Educational status, n (%) 4-year college degree | 61 (62.2) | 59 (62.1) | 0.984 |
| Employment status, n (%) employed full- or part-time | 67 (74.4) | 70 (77.8) | 0.600 |
| Marital status, n (%) married or cohabiting | 78 (79.6) | 76 (80.9) | 0.827 |
| IBS diagnosis, n (%) | 20 (27.0) | 17 (22.7) | 0.538 |
| Child demographics and clinical characteristics | |||
| Age, M (s.d.) | 11.12 (2.6) | 11.3 (2.5) | 0.663 |
| Gender, n (%) female | 71 (71.0) | 74 (74.0) | 0.635 |
| Race, n (%) Caucasian | 85 (93.4) | 87 (97.8) | 0.157 |
| Abdominal pain in past 12 months, n (%) | 61 (67.8) | 57 (65.5) | 0.670 |
| Parent-reported outcomes and process variables | |||
| Child current pain (FACES) | 2.04 (2.18) | 1.41 (1.91) | 0.035 |
| Child functional disability (FDI) | 0.86 (0.77) | 0.81 (0.71) | 0.635 |
| Child GI symptom severity (CSI) | 1.25 (0.71) | 1.10 (0.69) | 0.131 |
| Child depression (CDI) | 9.06 (6.67) | 7.75 (6.26) | 0.163 |
| Parental solicitousness (ARCS) | 1.14 (0.53) | 1.18 (0.57) | 0.588 |
| Perceived threat (PBQ) | 2.07 (0.59) | 2.00 (0.53) | 0.344 |
| Problem-focused coping (PBQ) | 1.61 (0.86) | 1.52 (0.83) | 0.469 |
| Emotion-focused coping (PBQ) | 2.58 (0.70) | 2.51 (0.78) | 0.498 |
| Child-reported process variables | |||
| Catastrophizing (PRI) | 1.63 (0.86) | 1.56 (0.87) | 0.536 |
| Distract/ignore (PRI) | 2.32 (0.79) | 2.31 (0.81) | 0.929 |
| Pain minimization (PRI) | 1.15 (0.88) | 1.48 (0.90) | 0.010 |
ARCS, Adults Responses to Children's Symptoms; CDI, Child Depression Inventory; CSI, Children's Somatization Inventory; ES, Education Support; FACES, Faces Pain Scale-Revised; FDI, Functional Disability Inventory; GI, gastrointestinal; IBS, irritable bowel syndrome; PBQ, Pain Beliefs Questionnaire; PRI, Pain Response Inventory; SLCBT, Social Learning/Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.