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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Rehabil Psychol. 2016 Feb;61(1):7–18. doi: 10.1037/rep0000055

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics for demographic, clinical, and key study variables by diagnosis.

Variable (possible range) MS SCI AMP
n = 82 n = 73 n = 33
Age 53.84 (9.18) 51.48 (11.56) 56.70 (13.67)
Pain Intensity 5.53 (1.63)A 4.90 (1.52) 4.54 (1.53)
BPI Pain Interference 5.47 (2.04)A 3.64 (2.12) 4.44 (2.83)
PROMIS® Global Physical Health 40.38 (7.59)A 47.13 (7.90) 46.03 (11.04)
PROMIS® Global Mental Health 42.23 (8.15)A 48.86 (7.67) 48.27 (10.61)
Self-Efficacy Scale 5.31 (1.68) 6.12 (1.79) A 5.29 (2.50)
PCS Pain Catastrophizing 22.96 (12.97) 18.25 (12.51) 22.96 (13.42)
PHQ-8 Depressive Symptoms 9.96 (5.60) 5.89 (4.11) A 8.16 (7.31)
CPAQ-8 Pain Acceptance 25.32 (7.34)A 30.90 (8.70)B 28.36 (9.77)AB
PANAS Positive Affect 28.84 (7.24)A 33.92 (7.30)B 31.30 (8.51)AB
SOPA disability 2.26 (.80)A 1.73 (.79) 1.78 (.83)
SOPA Solicitousness 2.67 (1.16)A 1.90 (1.25) 1.91 (1.06)
SOPA control 1.94 (.74) 2.06 (.82) 1.73 (.90)
SOPA emotion 3.03 (.92)A 2.32 (1.20) 2.43 (1.30)

Frequencies N (%)
Female Sex 67 (81.7) 33 (45.2) 8 (24.2)
Education
 < 12th grade 1 (1.2) 1 (1.4) 1 (3.0)
 High school or GED 8 (9.8) 11 (15.1) 2 (6.1)
 Vocational/Tech School 6 (7.3) 10 (13.7) 2 (6.1)
 Some College 24 (29.3) 18 (24.7) 13 (39.4)
 College Graduate 25 (30.5) 16 (21.9) 4 (12.1)
 Graduate or Prof School 18 (22.0) 17 (23.3) 11 (33.3)
Mobility Limitations (GMFCS)
 0. walk without restrictions 13 (15.9) 4 (5.5) 5 (15.2)
 1. walk w/o restrictions, but have limitations in more advanced gross motor skills 11 (13.4) 2 (2.7) 5 (15.2)
 2. walk w/o an assistive device and have limits walking outdoors & in the community 9 (11.0) 3 (4.1) 9 (27.3)
 3. walk with assistive mobility device & have limits walking outdoors & in the community 29 (35.4) 4 (5.5) 7 (21.2)
 4. limited self-mobility with assistance or device & use power mobility outdoors & in community 12 (14.6) 25 (34.2) 4 (12.1)
 5. severely limited self-mobility even with use of assistive technology 8 (9.8) 35 (47.9) 3 (9.1)

Note. GED = General Education Development (high school equivalency test); GMFCS = Gross Motor Functioning Scale; MS = multiple sclerosis, AMP = amputation, SCI = spinal cord injury;

A,B,C

means with different superscripts are significantly different in general linear models with simple group contrasts.