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Kaplan‐Meier survival estimates by catastrophization category. The Pain Catastrophizing Scale score was dichotomized at the median, and patients were classified as catastrophizers (higher scores) and noncatastrophizers (lower scores). Survival time is pain tolerance, as indicated by the duration of time in seconds that subjects were able to retain their hand in the water bath.
