Table 4.
Independent samples, two-tailed Mann–Whitney U-test comparisons of headache, sleep quality, and pain outcomes in motor vehicle collision patients with and without PCT
| Health outcomes | PCT sample (n=37) |
Non-PCT sample (n=34) |
P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
| Headaches | |||||
| Headaches per month | 18.94 | 10.10 | 12.27 | 10.04 | 0.010 |
| Baseline headache pain | 7.24 | 1.80 | 5.41 | 3.01 | 0.007 |
| Headache flare-up pain | 9.48 | 0.68 | 8.42 | 1.69 | 0.016 |
| Sleep quality | |||||
| Pittsburgh Sleep Quality | 17.17 | 5.50 | 14.20 | 5.65 | 0.033 |
| Index Score | |||||
| Pain | |||||
| PainDETECT score | 20.07 | 8.66 | 16.93 | 8.05 | 0.144 |
| Baseline pain | 7.54 | 1.50 | 5.94 | 2.40 | 0.003 |
| Flare-up pain | 9.38 | 0.80 | 8.85 | 0.95 | 0.025 |
Abbreviation: PCT, polytrauma clinical triad.