Table 3.

Pain variables by group [Mean (SD)]

Clinical Pain Variables	Low CS (n=17)	High CS (n=21)	p value
Pain
Pain Severity (BPI)	0.9 (1.3)	2.8 (1.8)	0.001***
Interference (BPI–Extended)	1.5 (2.7)	3.1 (2.4)	0.06
Pain from PDA (0–100; average over 3 months)	n=16	n=20
Proportion of PDA’s completed (total completed days/total possible days)	0.78 (0.2)	0.76 (0.3)	0.80
Non-Crisis Pain	8.8 (14.5)	26.1 (20.5)	0.008**
VOC Pain	35.6 (23.4)	52.1 (21.0)	0.11
Average Number of days reporting VOC	0.09 (0.1)	0.23 (0.2)	0.044*
Average length of Crises	0.8 (1.1)	1.5 (1.0)	0.045*
Number of calls to providers	1.8 (3.0)	4.5 (6.0)	0.11
Number of medical visits	1.6 (1.8)	4.9 (6.1)	0.05
Number of Crises	5.4 (9.2)	12.3 (12.7)	0.08
From Weekly Calls (0–10; average over 3 months)	n=14	n=18
Number of weekly calls completed (of 12)	10.6 (2.9)	11.0 (1.6)	0.66
Non-Crisis Pain	1.4 (1.4)	2.9 (1.8)	0.018*
VOC Pain	5.0 (1.8)	5.8 (1.7)	0.31
Average Number of Crises/Week	0.034 (0.06)	0.09 (0.1)	0.13
Number of calls to providers	0.6 (0.8)	1.4 (1.5)	0.23
Number of medical visits	0.7 (0.8)	1.1 (1.4)	0.55
From Monthly Calls (0–10; average over 12 months)	n=13	n=17
Number of monthly calls completed (of 12)	10.5 (2.8)	9.8 (2.3)	0.44
Non-Crisis Pain	1.6 (1.5)	3.5 (2.1)	0.009**
VOC Pain	5.3 (1.9)	6.2 (1.5)	0.18
Average Number of Crises/Month	0.9 (0.9)	1.3 (1.1)	0.24
Number of calls to providers	1.0 (1.4)	4.5 (3.2)	0.003**
Number of medical visits	1.5 (2.1)	4.2 (3.5)	0.028*

^*(p<.05),

^**(p<.01),

^***(p≤.001).