Table 3: Comparative relationships between psychosocial factors, QST findings and clinical self-report of pelvic pain.
Spearman correlation coefficients are shown for factors and pain self-report. Analysis was limited to healthy control, dysmenorrhea and dysmenorrhea with bladder pain sensitivity participants, to avoid long-term effects of bladder pain syndrome. BOLD - significant correlations (p < 0.05) after corrections for multiple comparisons. QST: Quantitative Sensory Testing, PPT: Pain Pressure Threshold.
| Menstrual Pain |
Pelvic Pain |
Urination Pain |
Bowel Pain |
Sex Pain |
General Pain |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Covariates | ||||||
| Anxiety | 0.11 | 0.21 | 0.14 | 0.31 | 0.07 | 0.22 |
| Depression | −0.02 | 0.17 | 0.14 | 0.28 | −0.03 | 0.24 |
| Catastrophizing | 0.24 | 0.25 | 0.16 | 0.22 | −0.05 | 0.11 |
| QST | ||||||
| Provoked Bladder Pain | 0.26 | 0.44 | 0.57 | 0.45 | 0.39 | 0.36 |
| Body PPT | −0.18 | −0.20 | −0.13 | −0.26 | 0.01 | −0.09 |
| Pelvic PPT | −0.19 | −0.12 | −0.10 | −0.27 | −0.07 | −0.11 |
| Afterpain | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.19 | 0.33 | 0.31 | 0.13 |
| Cold | 0.23 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.17 | −0.01 | 0.04 |
| Temporal Summation | −0.10 | 0.01 | −0.02 | −0.05 | −0.04 | −0.03 |
| Conditioned Pain Modulation | −0.11 | −0.23 | −0.17 | −0.08 | −0.14 | −0.13 |