Table 4.
Description of attributions of the effect between pain, sleep and mood (N = 291).
Attributions when symptoms worsen | Level of effect (%) | ||||||
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Mean (from -2 to 2) | SD | Much worse | A bit worse | No change | A bit better | Much better | |
When my pain is worse than usual, my sleep becomes… | -1.4 | 0.6 | 49.1 | 40.9 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
When my pain is worse than usual, my mood becomes… | -0.9 | 0.6 | 14.4 | 56.4 | 24.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
When my sleep is poorer than usual, my pain becomes… | -0.6 | 0.7 | 11.3 | 32.6 | 51.9 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
When my sleep is poorer than usual, my mood becomes… | -0.7 | 0.7 | 11.3 | 45.7 | 37.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
When my mood is worse than usual, my pain becomes… | -0.4 | 0.6 | 7.9 | 22.0 | 64.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
When my mood is worse than usual, my sleep becomes… | -0.7 | 0.7 | 13.4 | 38.5 | 41.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Attributions when symptoms improve | Level of effect (%) | ||||||
Mean (from -2 to 2) | SD | Much better | A bit better | No change | A bit worse | Much Worse | |
When my pain is weaker than usual, my sleep becomes… | 0.7 | 0.9 | 17.5 | 39.2 | 30.6 | 6.5 | 0.3 |
When my pain is weaker than usual, my mood becomes… | 0.8 | 0.8 | 21.6 | 30.2 | 40.5 | 1.4 | 0.3 |
When my sleep is better than usual, my pain becomes… | 0.4 | 0.7 | 7.6 | 27.8 | 56.4 | 2.7 | 1.4 |
When my sleep is better than usual, my mood becomes… | 0.7 | 0.8 | 18.9 | 28.2 | 46.4 | 1.0 | 0.3 |
When my mood is better than usual, my pain becomes… | 0.2 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 13.7 | 74.9 | 2.1 | 0.7 |
When my mood is better than usual, my sleep becomes… | 0.3 | 0.6 | 4.5 | 23.4 | 63.2 | 3.1 | 0.0 |