Table 4.
Descriptive and inferential statistics for measures of clinical pain across sex and age
| Women | Men | Sex (S) | Middle-Age | Older-Age | Age (A) | SxA | Cronbach’s Alpha | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pain Outcome | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | F | ηp2 | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | F | ηp2 | F | ηp2 | α |
| WOMAC | |||||||||||
| Total Score (0–96) | 34.5(20.5) | 34.1(20.7) | .03 | .00 | 35.2(21.1) | 33.3(19.5) | .53 | .00 | .00 | .00 | |
| WOMAC Subscales | |||||||||||
| Pain (0–20) | 7.3(4.2) | 7.1(4.6) | .13 | .00 | 7.4(4.5) | 7.0(4.2) | .54 | .00 | .46 | .00 | .88 |
| Stiffness (0–8) | 3.3(2.0) | 3.5(1.9) | .88 | .00 | 3.5(2.0) | 3.4(2.0) | .13 | .00 | .92 | .00 | .91 |
| Physical Function (0–68) | 23.7(15.1) | 23.3(14.9) | .07 | .00 | 24.2(15.5) | 22.8(14.2) | .52 | .00 | .01 | .00 | .97 |
| GCPS | |||||||||||
| Pain Intensity (0–100) | 50.8(22.4) | 49.8(23.6) | .16 | .00 | 53.9(22.4) | 46.7(22.0) | *7.00 | .03 | .18 | .00 | .83 |
| Disability (0–100) | 43.2(29.1) | 44.3(29.5) | .10 | .00 | 48.1(28.5) | 39.4(29.0) | *5.47 | .02 | .00 | .00 | .92 |
| Number of Pain Sites | 6.0(4.7) | 4.3(3.2) | *11.42 | .04 | 5.4(4.6) | 4.9(3.8) | .99 | .00 | 1.37 | .01 | |
| SPPB | |||||||||||
| Total Score (0–12) | 9.6(1.9) | 9.9(1.7) | 1.13 | .00 | 10.0(1.8) | 9.5(2.0) | 3.15 | .01 | 1.16 | .00 | |
Note. WOMAC=Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Index of Osteoarthritis; GCPS=Graded Chronic Pain Scale; SPPB=Short Physical Performance Battery.
*
p ≤ .05.