Table 2.
Symptom differences between high pain vs. low pain and high catastrophizing vs. low catastrophizing groups
| Variables | Pain severity Mean (SD)
|
t | df | Catastrophizing Mean (SD)
|
t | df | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low (n = 6) | High (n = 3) | Low (n = 4) | High (n = 5) | |||||
| Age | 42.33 (8.7) | 39.00 (3.6) | 0.619 | 7 | 43.50 (5.3) | 39.40 (8.8) | 0.819 | 7 |
| Pain severity | 3.12 (1.5) | 6.08 (0.1) | −3.245* | 7 | 3.44 (2.4) | 4.65 (1.5) | −0.940 | 7 |
| Pain interference | 4.55 (2.9) | 6.38 (1.8) | −0.981 | 7 | 3.93 (3.0) | 6.14 (2.0) | −1.309 | 7 |
| Pain sensitivity | ||||||||
| Tender points | 16.60 (2.0) | 14.33 (4.7) | 0.983 | 6 | 15.00 (4.2) | 16.50 (1.9) | −0.645 | 6 |
| Pain threshold | 1.75 (1.0) | 2.04 (1.0) | −0.396 | 6 | 1.41 (1.1) | 2.3 (0.5) | −1.444 | 6 |
| Symptoms severity | 6.50 (2.0) | 8.33 (1.5) | −1.395 | 7 | 6.25 (2.2) | 7.8 (1.6) | −1.209 | 7 |
| Wide spread pain index | 10.50 (3.9) | 12.33 (4.9) | −0.611 | 7 | 10.50 (5.8) | 11.6 (2.7) | −0.380 | 7 |
| Fatigue | ||||||||
| General fatigue | 16.67 (3.1) | 18.00 (2.0) | −0.671 | 7 | 17.50 (2.5) | 16.80 (3.1) | 0.363 | 7 |
| Physical fatigue | 16.00 (1.7) | 16.33 (1.2) | −0.306 | 7 | 15.75 (1.5) | 16.40 (1.5) | −0.642 | 7 |
| Reduced activity | 13.33 (3.6) | 12.00 (5.2) | −0.461 | 7 | 12.25 (4.7) | 13.40 (3.6) | −0.418 | 7 |
| Reduced motivation | 12.00 (3.2) | 10.67 (2.1) | −0.641 | 7 | 11.00 (1.8) | 12.00 (3.6) | −0.501 | 7 |
| Mental fatigue | 14.00 (5.8) | 13.00 (4.6) | 0.259 | 7 | 10.00 (5.9) | 16.60 (1.5) | −2.447* | 7 |
| Catastrophizing | ||||||||
| Rumination | 7.67 (3.0) | 6.67 (7.6) | 0.294 | 7 | 4.25 (3.1) | 9.80 (4.1) | −2.239 | 7 |
| Magnification | 4.00 (2.8) | 1.67 (1.5) | 1.306 | 7 | 1.50 (1.3) | 4.60 (2.7) | −2.091 | 7 |
| Helpless | 6.50 (5.0) | 6.33 (3.2) | 0.052 | 7 | 3.00 (1.4) | 9.20 (3.7) | −3.136* | 7 |
| Total catastrophizing | 18.17 (10.5) | 14.74 (9.7) | 0.480 | 7 | 8.75 (4.4) | 23.60 (7.4) | −3.513* | 7 |
*
Note. = p value ≤ 0.05