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.