Table 2.
Pain Catastrophizing Scale: items most affected in 10 males and 18 females with urologic chronic pelvic pain before and during the SARS‐CoV2‐Pandemic
| PCS Item No. | PCS type of item | UCPP males before SARS‐CoV‐2 (mean ± SD) | UCPP males during SARS‐CoV‐2 (mean ± SD) | p Level | UCPP females before SARS‐CoV‐2 (mean ± SD) | UCPP females during SARS‐CoV‐2 (mean ± SD) | p* Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6. Helplessness | I become afraid that the pain will get worse | 1.6 ± 0.4 | 2.8 ± 0.4 | .000 | 1.3 ± 0.3 | 2.5 ± 0.5 | .000 |
| 8. Rumination | I anxiously want the pain to go away | 1.8 ± 0.3 | 3.1 ± 0.5 | .000 | 1.9 ± 0.4 | 3.4 ± 0.5 | .000 |
| 9. Rumination | I can't seem to keep it out of my mind | 2.1 ± 0.1 | 3.2 ± 0.4 | .000 | 2.0 ± 0.2 | 3.3 ± 0.5 | .000 |
| 10. Rumination | I keep thinking about how much it hurts | 1.9 ± 0.5 | 3.3 ± 0.5 | .000 | 1.8 ± 0.5 | 3.6 ± 0.5 | .000 |
| 11. Rumination | I keep thinking about how badly | 2.0 ± 0.3 | 3.3 ± 0.5 | .000 | 2.1 ± 0.6 | 3.5 ± 0.5 | .000 |
| I want the pain to stop | |||||||
| 13. Magnification | I wonder whether something serious may happen | 1.8 ± 0.7 | 3.1 ± 0.4 | .000 | 1.9 ± 0.4 | 3.2 ± 0.5 | .000 |
Note: p = comparison among males before and during SARS‐ CoV‐2; p* = comparison among females before and during SARS‐ CoV‐2.
Abbreviations: Sars‐CoV‐2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus‐2; UCPP, urologic chronic pelvic pain.