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. 2017 Dec 4;8(1):15–25. doi: 10.2217/pmt-2017-0034

Table 3. . Patient and parent reports of patient pain and disability for total sample and within demographic subgroups (n = 120).

Adolescent pain and functional disability reports Sex Pain diagnosis Medication use Pain medication use

Mean (SD) Female, n = 96 Male, n = 24 Diffuse, n = 53 CRPS, n = 31 Localized, n = 36 None, n = 13 ≥1, n = 107 None, n = 36 ≥1, n = 84  
Adolescent pain duration (months; 3–148) 25.2 (26.2) 24.1 (24.4) 29.8 (32.8) 30.0 (27.5) 18.4 (21.8) 24.9 (27.3) 20.5 (19.3) 25.8 (27.0) 23.0 (18.5) 26.2 (29.0)

Adolescent report                    

– Least pain (0–91) 37.2 (22.8) 36.6 (22.4) 39.5 (24.6) 38.0 (24.2) 41.5 (22.8) 32.9 (20.4) 35.2 (22.4) 37.4 (23.0) 32.4 (25.7) 39.3 (21.3)

– Usual pain (0–100) 58.9 (21.8) 59.6 (20.1) 56.2 (26.9) 56.1 (20.8) 64.5 (20.5) 58.2 (23.0) 55.4 (25.9) 59.3 (21.0) 52.6 (30.2)* 61.6 (15.9)*

– Most pain (5–100) 85.2 (18.1) 85.9 (16.2) 82.1 (24.6) 82.2 (20.9) 87.2 (15.3) 87.9 (15.6) 85.9 (19.3) 85.1 (18.1) 82.3 (25.1) 86.4 (14.1)

– Disability (FDI; 0–53) 26.6 (11.7) 26.7 (11.6) 26.0 (12.4) 28.3 (11.0)* 29.3 (11.4)* 21.6 (11.8)* 26.0 (12.6) 26.6 (11.7) 24.4 (14.8) 24.4 (10.1)

Parent report                    

– Least pain (0–100) 39.1 (23.5) 38.4 (22.5) 41.9 (28.0) 38.9 (24.4) 41.8 (21.5) 37.1 (24.3) 41.6 (29.6) 38.8 (22.8) 34.6 (28.7) 41.0 (20.8)

– Usual pain (1–100) 53.8 (22.5) 53.8 (22.3) 53.8 (24.0) 51.6 (21.0) 59.0 (23.3) 52.5 (24.0) 53.5 (23.7) 53.8 (22.5) 50.8 (28.2) 55.1 (19.7)

– Most pain (10–100) 81.0 (20.1) 81.9 (19.6) 77.3 (22.0) 78.5 (23.2) 80.4 (19.1) 85.2 (15.0) 72.8 (24.0) 82.0 (19.4) 77.1 (24.1) 82.7 (18.0)

– Disability (FDI; 0–51) 24.8 (12.6) 24.5 (13.2) 25.9 (10.5) 26.4 (12.9) 26.2 (11.8) 21.2 (12.4) 24.6 (11.5) 24.8 (12.8) 21.3 (13.8)* 26.3 (11.9)*

*Significant between-group differences within each demographic category.

CRPS: Complex regional pain syndrome; FDI: Functional disability inventory; n: Number; SD: Standard deviation.