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. 2019 Jun 28;25(24):3079–3090. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v25.i24.3079

Table 2.

Baseline comparison of initial evaluation only vs initial evaluation + follow-up patients

IE only
IE + Follow-Up(s)
P value
Variable n Mean SD n Mean SD
Age at IE 53 14.33 2.77 333 13.77 2.68 0.157
Pain hx (in yr) 52 3.13 3.97 332 2.62 3.30 0.315
Sex 53 (21 M; 32 F) - - 333 (82 M; 251 F) - - 0.022a
Eosinophilia 53 (40 Y; 13 N) - - 333 (261 Y; 72 N) - - 0.635
ActEng T-score 53 51.72 11.53 329 55.75 11.02 0.014a
PainWill T-score 53 56.28 11.31 329 56.31 11.68 0.989
RfR 53 6.32 2.85 332 5.73 2.76 0.148
AttnPriv 53 5.72 4.18 332 5.51 3.46 0.689
% school missed (in previous 4 wk) 42 25.34 27.85 245 22.03 27.44 0.472
Anxiety 53 58.70 12.10 330 58.28 13.73 0.834
Depression 53 56.30 11.92 330 56.72 13.68 0.834
Atypicality 53 52.1 10.29 330 49.72 9.61 0.096
Anxiety_A 53 53.94 11.31 327 54.38 12.27 0.810
Depression_A 53 49.53 9.39 327 50.36 10.87 0.597
Atypicality_A 53 47.58 8.08 327 47.74 9.33 0.907
Social Stress 53 48.08 9.95 327 48.20 10.87 0.935
SDSCTot 53 45.15 9.61 332 45.19 11.74 0.983
a

Indicates statistical significance. ActEng T-score: Chronic Pain Acceptance Questionnaire-Adolescent Activity Engagement; PainWill T-score: Chronic Pain Acceptance Questionnaire-Adolescent Pain Willingess; RfR: Illness Behavior Encouragement Scale Release from Responsibility; AttnPriv: Illness Behavior Encouragement Scale Attention and Privileges; Anxiety: Behavior Assessment System for Children Parent-Reported Anxiety; Depression: Behavior Assessment System for Children Parent-Reported Depression; Atypicality: Behavior Assessment System for Children Parent-Reported Atypicality; Anxiety_A: Behavior Assessment System for Children Self-Reported Anxiety; Depression_A: Behavior Assessment System for Children Self-Reported Depression; Atypicality_A: Behavior Assessment System for Children Self-Reported Atypicality; Social Stress: Behavior Assessment System for Children Self-Reported Social Stress; SDSCTot: Sleep Disturbances Scale for Children Total Score; IE: Initial evaluation.