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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pain. 2012 Jan 5;13(3):220–227. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2011.10.014

Table 2.

Descriptive statistics for the Age Expectations of Pain Questionnaire

Total Sample
(N = 111)		 Sex
Male (N = 47) Female (N = 64)
Individual Items Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD
Sensitivity 1.What is the typical young adult’s sensitivity to pain 51.5 23.8 50.1 22.8 52.5 24.6
2.What is the typical middle-aged adult’s sensitivity to pain 50.2 15.3 48.2 15.5 51.7 15.1
3.What is the typical older adult’s sensitivity to pain 61.5 22.5 54.5 21.3 66.6 22.15
4.Your sensitivity to pain is 43.4 20.9 40.1 19.4 45.8 21.8
Willingness 5.What is the typical young adult’s willingness to report pain 48.5 24.5 48.1 23.6 48.8 25.3
6.What is the typical middle-aged adult’s willingness to report pain 47.1 16.4 45.3 17.1 48.4 15.8
7. What is the typical older adult’s willingness to report pain 60.5 24.7 58.1 25.2 62.2 24.4
8. Your willingness to report pain is 44.4 24.3 36.2 20.3 50.4 25.4

Note: items are rated on 0–100 VASs.