Table II.
Adolescent Pain Characteristics, Somatic Symptoms, Disability, and Catastrophizing
| Males | Females | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 74 | n = 99 | n = 173 | ||
| Variable | Observed range | M (SD)/N(%) | M (SD)/N(%) | M (SD)/N(%) |
| Pain frequency in past 3 months | ||||
| Not at all | 20 (27.0%) | 23 (23.2%) | 43 (24.9%) | |
| <1 time per month | 16 (21.6%) | 28 (28.3%) | 44 (25.4%) | |
| 1–3 times per month | 21 (28.4%) | 19 (19.2%) | 40 (23.1%) | |
| 1 time per week or morea | 17 (23.0%) | 29 (29.3%) | 36 (26.6%) | |
| Usual pain intensity (range: 0–10, NRS) | 0–8 | 3.04 (2.28) | 3.21 (2.20) | 3.14 (2.23) |
| Somatic symptoms (CSI-24, range 0–96) | 0–65 | 11.21 (8.69) | 12.10 (11.20) | 11.69 (10.06) |
| Pain-related disability (CALI-21, range 0–84) | 0–53 | 7.11 (9.12) | 7.58 (7.83) | 7.37 (8.41) |
| Adolescent pain catastrophizing (PCS-C, range 0–52) | 0–41 | 8.55 (7.98) | 10.93 (9.16) | 9.35 (9.13) |
| Parent pain catastrophizing (PCS-P, range 0–52)b | 0–42 | 7.44 (7.09) | 11.06 (10.36)* | 9.36 (9.13) |
Note. aCollapsed category includes responses of “once per week,” “2–3 times per week,” “4–6 times per week,” and “Daily.”
bParent report of catastrophizing about their adolescent’s pain.
*Females significantly higher than males, p = .02.