Table 1.

Mean scores on pain catastrophizing, anxiety and depression scales for both groups of parents

	Parents with chronic pain complaints (n = 24)		Pain‐free parents (n = 27)		t	p	d
	M (SD)	range	M (SD)	range
Pain catastrophizing	13.88 (9.03)	0–34	7.89 (6.28)	0–24	2.774	0.01	0.79
HADS total	9.08 (4.84)	1–20	8.48 (5.77)	1–25	0.400	0.69	0.11
Anxiety subscale	5.13 (2.95)	0–12	4.74 (3.38)	1–13	0.430	0.67	0.12
Depression subscale	3.96 (2.76)	0–10	3.74 (3.11)	0–12	0.263	0.79	0.08