Table 2.
Comparison of youth with SCD with chronic pain (n=17) and without chronic pain (n=25) on pain, functional outcomes, psychosocial characteristics, and healthcare utilization at 2-year follow-up
| Asymptomatic and Episodic
M (SD) |
Chronic M (SD) |
Univariate Tests df = (1, 40) |
Partial Eta Squared | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F-value | p-value | ||||
| Pain intensity, NRS (0–10) | 2.31 (2.49) | 6.24 (1.95) | 28.26 | .01 | .42 |
| Functional disability (0–60) | 10.15 (12.69) | 24.53 (12.87) | 12.00 | .01 | .24 |
| Quality of life (0–100) | 64.35 (24.25) | 44.94 (13.09) | 8.91 | .01 | .18 |
| Depressive symptoms (0–56) | 8.35 (7.26) | 14.59 (9.11) | 5.43 | .04 | .13 |
| Pain Catastrophizing (0–52) | 17.88 (13.73) | 30.00 (11.80) | 9.16 | .01 | .18 |
| ED visits for pain (past 12 months) | 0.65 (1.26) | 2.29 (2.31) | 11.76 | .01 | .36 |
| Admissions for pain (past 12 months) | 0.77 (1.53) | 5.65 (4.89) | 20.94 | .01 | .18 |
Note: All statistics adjusted for child age at follow-up. False Discovery Rate (FDR) Type-1 error control was used for all pairwise comparisons.