Table 5. Effect Sizes of the Intervention Among Randomized Trial Participants Overall and According to Pain Site.
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Intervention Change (SD)* | Control Change (SD)* | SES† | Intervention Change (SD) | Control Change (SD) | SES | Intervention Change (SD) | Control Change (SD) | SES | |
BPI severity | 1.2 (2.3) | −0.0 (1.8) | 0.56 | 1.2 (2.3) | 0.07 (1.7) | 0.54 | 1.2 (2.4) | −0.2 (2.1) | 0.58 |
BPI interference | 2.1 (2.9) | 0.6 (2.0) | 0.59 | 2.1 (3.1) | 0.7 (1.8) | 0.54 | 2.2 (2.7) | 0.4 (2.4) | 0.66 |
BPI total | 1.8 (2.5) | 0.4 (1.8) | 0.64 | 1.8 (2.6) | 0.5 (1.5) | 0.60 | 1.8 (2.3) | 0.2 (2.1) | 0.69 |
PEG | 2.0 (2.7) | 0.6 (2.0) | 0.58 | 2.0 (2.8) | 0.7 (1.7) | 0.54 | 2.0 (2.5) | 0.4 (2.3) | 0.65 |
CPG intensity | 7.9 (22.4) | −0.5 (17.6) | 0.41 | 9.1 (21.2) | 0.0 (13.9) | 0.49 | 6.1 (24.4) | −1.2 (21.8) | 0.32 |
CPG disability | 17.1 (31.3) | 4.6 (24.2) | 0.43 | 17.6 (29.9) | 6.4 (20.7) | 0.43 | 16.3 (33.7) | 2.2 (28.5) | 0.44 |
Roland disability | 3.5 (5.4) | 0.3 (3.4) | 0.67 | 3.6 (5.3) | 0.3 (3.2) | 0.71 | 3.3 (5.6) | 0.3 (3.6) | 0.60 |
SF bodily pain | −12.1 (21.5) | −2.1 (17.0) | 0.50 | −13.2 (22.8) | −1.3 (17.1) | 0.57 | −10.5 (19.6) | −3.3 (17.0) | 0.39 |
Change = baseline score – 12 month score.
SES = (Intervention group change – control group change)/SD of pooled change score.
BPI indicates brief pain inventory; CPG, chronic pain grade; SD, standard deviation; SF, Medical Outcomes Study Short Form-36; SES, standardized effect size.