Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Nov 10.
Published in final edited form as: J Pain. 2021 May 21;22(11):1506–1517. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2021.04.015

Table 1.

PTSD-Like Symptoms (PCL) and Pain Indicators (MPQ) Across Level of Trauma

Full Sample
Chronic Pain Subsample *
Missing All N = 5,703 Mean (SD) Trauma Yes, n = 3,015 Mean (SD) Trauma No, n = 2,688 Mean (SD) P D All N = 2,553 Mean (SD) Trauma Yes, n = 1,581
Mean (SD)
Trauma No, n = 972
Mean (SD)
P d
PCL-Total 25 26.91 (13.34) 30.78 (15.36) 22.56 (8.80) <.001 .66 31.81 (15.67) 35.60 (16.84) 25.66 (11.10) <.001 .70
   Re-experiencing 19 7.23 (3.94) 8.30 (4.63) 6.03 (2.49) <.001 .61 8.48 (4.79) 9.57 (5.24) 6.70 (3.23) <.001 .66
 Avoidance 16 10.88 (5.77) 12.47 (6.64) 9.10 (3.90) <.001 .62 12.87 (6.79) 14.41 (7.29) 10.36 (4.94) <.001 .65
 Arousal 18 8.82 (4.48) 10.05 (5.03) 7.44 (3.26) <.001 .62 10.49 (5.08) 11.64 (5.37) 8.62 (3.91) <.001 .64
MPQ-Total 229 5.77 (7.84) 7.57 (8.89) 3.80 (5.89) <.001 .50 9.78 (9.34) 11.42 (9.86) 7.14 (7.77) <.001 .48
 Sensory 225 4.67 (6.11) 6.04 (6.85) 3.16 (4.74) <.001 .49 7.83 (7.15) 9.06 (7.48) 5.86 (6.10) <.001 .47
 Affective 228 1.11 (2.09) 1.53 (2.44) .65 (1.50) <.001 .44 1.95 (2.66) 2.37 (2.87) 1.28 (2.13) <.001 .43
 VAS 115 2.80 (2.70) 3.41 (2.83) 2.12 (2.36) <.001 .50 4.28 (2.75) 4.72 (2.72) 3.56 (2.64) <.001 .43
 PPI 98 1.29 (1.12) 1.54 (1.17) 1.01 (.99) <.001 .48 1.88 (1.13) 2.06 (1.14) 1.59 (1.06) <.001 .43

Abbreviations: PCL-Total, PTSD Checklist total score; MPQ-Total, Short Form McGill Pain Questionnaire total score; VAS, MPQ Visual Analogue Scale; PPI, MPQ Present Pain Intensity; SD, standard deviation; P, probability value; d, Cohen’s d, (M1 - M2)/SD; small effect d, .20, medium effect d, .50, large effect d = .80. Mean levels compared using Welch 2 sample t-tests.

*

History of chronic pain defined by the endorsement of one or more chronic overlapping pain conditions evaluated.