Table 2.
Descriptive data for study measures
| Adolescent Report n=102 |
Parent Report n=102 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measure | M | SD | M | SD | Paired t-value (significance) |
| Pain Intensity (0–100mm VAS scale) | |||||
| Usual Pain | 59.17 | 22.06 | 54.72 | 22.72 | 2.72 (0.008) |
| Most Pain | 85.02 | 18.3 | 80.78 | 20.48 | 2.40 (0.018) |
| Least Pain | 35.35 | 22.21 | 39.28 | 23.98 | −1.85 (0.068) |
| Pain catastrophizing (PCS-C and PCS-P) | 30.89 | 10.33 | 26.52 | 11.43 | 3.94 (<0.001) |
| Biopsychosocial perspective of pain | |||||
| BIOPSYCH (range 0–20) | 11.97 | 3.66 | 13.39 | 2.69 | −2.92 (0.004) |
| DAMAGE (range 0–10) | 3.98 | 3.04 | 4.25 | 2.96 | −0.74 (0.460) |
| EMOTION (range 0–10) | 5.95 | 2.68 | 7.65 | 2.10 | −5.48 (<0.001) |
| Readiness to change | |||||
| Precontemplation (PSOCQ-A,PSOCQ-P) | 3.63 | 0.84 | 3.02 | 0.67 | 6.75 (<0.001) |
| Contemplation (PSOCQ-A, PSOCQ-P) | 3.53 | 0.57 | 3.67 | 0.58 | −2.09 (0.039) |
| Action/Maintenance (PSOCQ-A) | 3.35 | 0.67 | - | - | |
| Action (PSOCQ-P) | - | - | 3.79 | 0.56 | |
| Maintenance (PSOCQ-P) | - | - | 3.32 | 0.70 | |
Note. BIOPSYCH = “Biopsychosocial perspective of pain” total score; DAMAGE = “Pain always means a part of the body is damaged”; EMOTION = ”Pain is affected by feelings and emotions”