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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 8.
Published in final edited form as: Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2011 May;43(5):905–912. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181fca1ea

TABLE 2.

Pain and mood measures in FM patients and healthy controls (CO).

FM (n = 39) CO (n = 40) P
BDI total 9.59 ± 6.64 2.89 ± 2.49 <0.001*
MPQ total 12.45 ± 7.95 0.73 ± 0.93 <0.001*
PCS total 13.86 ± 7.70 8.48 ± 7.00 0.002*
POMS TMD 133.78 ± 25.91 102.51 ± 14.51 <0.001*
STAI trait anxiety 35.95 ± 10.42 27.33 ± 5.80 <0.001*
Years of chronic pain 14.69 ± 8.42
FIQ total 51.91 ± 14.84
*

Significant at α = 0.05 after family-wise correction for multiple comparisons using the Holm method.

BDI, Beck Depression Inventory; FIQ, Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire; MPQ, McGill Pain Questionnaire; PCS, Pain Catastrophizing Scale; POMS TMD, Profile of Mood States Total Mood Disturbance; STAI, State–Trait Anxiety Inventory.