Table 1.
Sample characteristics
| Male N = 97 |
Female N = 190 |
Inferential statistics | Effect size | Total N = 287 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean/SD or % | Mean/SD or % | t/χ2b | d/odds ratio | Mean/SD or % | |
| Agea | 50.89 (15.8) | 49.38 (15.14) | .78 | .10 | 49.88 (15.35) |
| Pain durationa >12 months (%) | 87.8 | 90.8 | .67 | 1.38 | 89.5 |
| Pain intensity | 6.19 (2.35) | 6.31 (2.39) | .40 | .05 | 6.26 (2.37) |
| Depression | 7.49 (4.55) | 7.33 (3.98) | .31 | .04 | 7.39 (4.17) |
| Anxiety | 9.10 (4.49) | 9.46 (4.34) | .65 | .08 | 9.34 (4.38) |
| Disability | 11.86 (6.88) | 10.81 (5.99) | 1.28 | .16 | 11.16 (6.31) |
| Verification of pain guilt | 2.74 (1.24) | 2.69 (1.29) | .28 | .04 | 2.71 (1.27) |
| Social guilt | 2.92 (1.33) | 2.89 (1.24) | .15 | .02 | 2.90 (1.27) |
| Managing condition/pain guilt | 2.99 (1.21) | 2.91 (1.24) | .56 | .07 | 2.93 (1.23) |
| Total acceptance of pain (CPAQ-8) | 23.96 (9.75) | 24.12 (7.8) | .14 | .02 | 24.1 (8.49) |
| Pain willingness | 8.95 (5.31) | 8.32 (4.76) | 1.02 | .13 | 8.53 (4.95) |
| Activity engagement | 15.01 (6.29) | 15.79 (5.70) | 1.06 | .13 | 15.53 (5.91) |
aN (sample size) was different for age (N = 283, 94 males) and pain duration (N = 286, 96 males); bt—t test, χ2—Chi Square; no significant differences were found between male and female participants on any variables