Table 2.

Group differences on subscales of pain anxiety measures.

	ASD (N = 23)	TD (N = 18)	P	Cliff's delta
Pain anxiety symptom scale
Subscales, mean (SD)
Cognitive	14.00 ± 7.19	4.72 ± 5.09	0.002	0.691
Fear	8.21 ± 6.82	2.72 ± 3.64	0.007	0.495
Avoidance	10.48 ± 5.95	5.00 ± 4.24	0.004	0.519
Physiological	9.52 ± 6.22	3.50 ± 3.68	0.002	0.585
Fear of Pain Questionnaire
Subscales, mean (SD)
Severe	34.61 ± 8.70	30.50 ± 8.79	0.109	0.297
Minor	22.26 ± 7.23	17.83 ± 6.78	0.053	0.357
Medical	27.52 ± 8.37	20.89 ± 8.42	0.007	0.500

Bold designates significance of p<0.05.