Table 3.
Pain-related characteristics of the study population (n = 276) at baseline (T0) and at the end of the multidisciplinary pain management program (T1).
| Variable | Response | T0 | T1 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = | Percent | Mean | SD | n = | Percent | Mean | SD | ||
| average pain last week | 0 to 10 | 276 | 5.24 | 5.24 | 2.08 | 3.80 | 2.27 | 1.23 | |
| worst pain | 0 to 10 | 276 | 6.97 | 6.97 | 2.13 | 5.80 | 3.80 | 2.02 | |
| least pain | 0 to 10 | 276 | 2.77 | 2.77 | 1.93 | 1.95 | 5.80 | 2.35 | |
| current pain | 0 to 10 | 276 | 4.41 | 4.41 | 2.42 | 3.07 | 1.95 | 1.85 | |
| analgesic intake | no | 88 | 31.9 | 107 | 38.8 | ||||
| yes, occasionally | 87 | 31.5 | 62 | 22.5 | |||||
| yes, regularly | 39 | 14.1 | 32 | 11.6 | |||||
| yes, always | 62 | 22.5 | 75 | 27.2 | |||||
| FFbH-R | overall score | 74.54 | 16.98 | 71.49 | 15.07 | ||||
| normal | 114 | 41.3 | 75 | 27.2 | |||||
| moderate | 53 | 19.2 | 64 | 23.2 | |||||
| abnormal | 44 | 15.9 | 63 | 22.8 | |||||
| clinically relevant | 65 | 23.6 | 74 | 26.8 | |||||
| PDI | overall score | 26.70 | 12.27 | 17.40 | 11.79 | ||||
| low disability | 177 | 64.1 | 230 | 83.3 | |||||
| high disability | 99 | 35.9 | 46 | 16.7 | |||||
| ADS-L | overall score | 19.43 | 9.532 | 9.77 | 8.266 | ||||
| normal | 146 | 52.9 | 232 | 84.1 | |||||
| somatoform disorder - anxious | 50 | 18.1 | 19 | 6.9 | |||||
| depressive symptoms | 27 | 9.8 | 12 | 4.3 | |||||
| depression | 53 | 19.2 | 13 | 4.7 | |||||
Values rounded; n = number of patients; SD = Standard Deviation; FFbH-R = Hannover Functional Ability Questionnaire; PDI = Pain Disability Index; ADS-L = German Version of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale.