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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pain. 2020 Nov 11:10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002144. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002144

Table 2.

Baseline survey score for pain and fatigue responders and non-responders. Data are presented as mean (SD), median (IQR=25th-75th percentile), or percent of the sample.

Pain Fatigue

Responder (≥30%)
n=45
Non-responder
n=58
p-value Responder (≥20%)
n=46
Non-responder
n=57
p-value

Pain

Pre-TENS movement pain or fatigue (0–10) 7 (6–8) 7 (5–8) 0.95 7.5 (6–8) 7 (5–8) 0.16

Initial TENS response to pain or fatigue (% change) −25 (−33 to −12) −12 (−22 to 0) 0.006 −18 (−29 to −11) 0 (−20 to 0) 0.004

BPI Intensity (0–10) 5.9 (1.4) 5.8 (1.4) 0.77 5.8 (1.4) 5.9 (1.4) 0.71

BPI Interference (0–10) 6.3 (1.8) 6.7 (1.9) 0.23 6.2 (1.5) 6.6 (2.0) 0.68

Fatigue

MAF GFI (1–50) 38.3 (32.0–41.8) 39.8 (34.7–44.1) 0.16 38.9 (32.7–41.8) 39.6 (33.4–44.1) 0.25

IPAQ Physical activity level

 Low 18 (40%) 27 (47%) 0.70 22 (48%) 23 (40%) 0.29
 Moderate 15 (33%) 15 (26%) 15 (33%) 15 (26%)
 High 12 (27%) 16 (28%) 9 (20%) 19 (33%)

Psychosocial Measures

PCS (0–52) 24.0 (12.5) 22.4 (13.5) 0.55 24.5 (13.2) 21.9 (12.9) 0.33

PSEQ (0–60) 31 (21–37) 29 (14–36) 0.33 27.2 (12.8) 29.1 (13.7) 0.48

TSK (17–68) 35.3 (7.3) 37.4 (7.9) 0.17 36.8 (7.5) 36.2 (7.9) 0.71

Disease State and Quality of Life

FIQR (0–100) 56.4 (16.6) 61.4 (16.8) 0.14 57.0 (16.6) 61.0 (16.9) 0.23

SF-36 MCS (0–100) 38.8 (10.4) 38.6 (9.7) 0.92 40.6 (10.3) 37.1 (9.5) 0.076

SF-36 PCS (0–100) 33.8 (5.9) 31.7 (6.7) 0.10 31.9 (6.0) 33.3 (6.7) 0.25

PROMIS T-score

Anxiety 58.9 (9.1) 58.7 (8.5) 0.90 58.7 (8.7) 58.9 (8.8) 0.89

Depression 57.5 (8.7) 58.5 (7.7) 0.57 58.6 (8.1) 57.6 (8.1) 0.57

Satisfaction in Social Participation 43.4 (7.4) 41.4 (5.8) 0.13 42.5 (7.3) 42.2 (6.0 0.82

Satisfaction in Social Roles 38.9 (6.4) 38.3 (6.7) 0.65 38.9 (7.0) 38.3 (6.2) 0.64

Sleep disturbance 62.0 (9.0) 61.6 (8.0) 0.83 61.3 (8.1) 62.2 (8.8) 0.60

Sleep impairment 63.0 (7.1) 64.9 (7.7) 0.20 62.3 (7.3) 65.5 (7.4) 0.029