TABLE 1.
Baseline characteristics.
Control |
Chronic pain |
Analyses |
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Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Sex |
Group |
Group × Sex |
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Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | F | p | F | p | F | p | |
Age | 30.75 (9.89) | 33.77 (10.67) | 38.65 (7.88) | 37.48 (10.42) | 0.19 | 0.67 | 7.33 | < 0.01 | 0.96 | 0.33 |
Affect | ||||||||||
PANAS negative** | 10.75 (1.04) | 11.27 (2.37) | 15.41 (6.35) | 12.04 (3.17) | 1.72 | 0.2 | 6.24 | 0.02 | 3.18 | 0.08 |
PANAS positive** | 29.63 (4.10) | 33.2 (9.56) | 29.65 (6.9) | 24.83 (8.09) | 0.09 | 0.77 | 3.89 | 0.05 | 3.93 | 0.05 |
POMS TMD** | -3.25 (5.75) | -2.07 (10.94) | 21.71 (23.88) | 10.67 (12.94) | 1.29 | 0.26 | 18.88 | < 0.01 | 1.99 | 0.16 |
STAI State Anxiety** | 29.63 (7.96) | 29.20 (6.21) | 40.94 (12.16) | 37.19 (9.76) | 0.63 | 0.43 | 13.54 | < 0.01 | 0.40 | 0.53 |
Pain | ||||||||||
McGill pain intensity | – | – | 45.0 (21.14) | 58.09 (21.87) | 1.90* | 0.07* | – | – | – | – |
McGill pain unpleasantness** | – | – | 46.29 (23.38) | 57.73 (21.53) | 1.6* | 0.12* | – | – | – | – |
Analyses represent the results of a two-way ANOVA with Sex and Group as factors except where denoted by (*), which indicates use of a two-sample t-test. PANAS, Positive and Negative Affect Schedule, POMS TMD, Profile of Mood States Total Mood Disturbance, STAI, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. Double asterisks indicate analyses with reduced sample sizes as follows: PANAS Negative, n = 63; PANAS Positive, n = 63; POMS TMD, n = 61; STAI State Anxiety, n = 60; McGill Pain Unpleasantness, n = 39. Affect denotes affective measures. Pain denotes pain measures.