Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics and parent pain-related factors by child pain group.
| Acute Pain (n =84) |
Chronic Pain (n = 60) |
Without Pain (n = 61) |
p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Child demographics | |||||
| Child age, M (SD) | 13.84(1.94) | 14.58(2.19) | 13.64(2.07) | .03 | |
| Child sex, n(%) | .01 | ||||
| Female | 51(61%) | 51(85%) | 40(66%) | ||
| Male | 33(39%) | 9(15%) | 21(34%) | ||
| Child ethnicity, n(%) | .05 | ||||
| Hispanic/Latino | 15(18%) | 6(10%) | 4(7%) | ||
| Non-Hispanic | 61(73%) | 52(87%) | 56(92%) | ||
| Not reported | 8(9%) | 2(3%) | 1(2%) | ||
| Child race, n(%) | <.01 | ||||
| White | 45(53%) | 46(77%) | 49(80%) | ||
| Non-White | 38(45%) | 14(23%) | 12(20%) | ||
| Not reported | 1(1%) | 0(0%) | 0(0%) | ||
| Parent sociodemographics | |||||
| Relationship, n(%) | .29 | ||||
| Biological mother | 77(92%) | 51(85%) | 51(84%) | ||
| Biological father | 7(8%) | 9(15%) | 10(16%) | ||
| Parent ethnicity, n(%) | .10 | ||||
| Hispanic/Latino | 12(14%) | 4(7%) | 4(7%) | ||
| Non-Hispanic | 66(79%) | 54(90%) | 57(93%) | ||
| Not reported | 6(7%) | 2(3%) | 0(0%) | ||
| Parent race, n(%) | .03 | ||||
| White | 59(70%) | 52(87%) | 52(85%) | ||
| Non-White | 25(30%) | 8(13%) | 9(15%) | ||
| Parent education, n(%) | <01 | ||||
| High school or less | 6(7%) | 8(13%) | 1(2%) | ||
| Vocational school/some college | 25(30%) | 23(38%) | 9(15%) | ||
| College/advanced degree | 53(63%) | 29(48%) | 51(85%) | ||
| Household income, n(%) | <.01 | ||||
| <$29,999 | 15(18%) | 14(23%) | 2(3%) | ||
| $30,000 to 69,999 | 23(27%) | 19(32%) | 10(16%) | ||
| >$70,000 | 44(52%) | 26(43%) | 48(79%) | ||
| Not reported | 2(2%) | 1(2%) | 1(2%) | ||