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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Phys Ther. 2022 May 30;34(3):288–295. doi: 10.1097/PEP.0000000000000913

Table 2.

Pain-Related Outcome Measures: Test-Retest Reliability Results

Time 1 Mean
(SD)
Time 2 Mean
(SD)
ICC
(95%CI)
SEM MDC90 MDC95
Intensity
 Current Pain, 0-10 (n=38) 1.2 (1.7) 1.2 (1.8) .444 (.144, .668) 1.3 3.0 3.6
 PROMIS 7-day Average Pain, 0-10 (n=24) 2.7 (2.1) 2.3 (2.0) .845 (.677, .930) 0.8 1.9 2.2
 MPQ Descriptor (n=37)a
  No Pain 22 (59.5%) 25 (67.6%) -- -- -- --
  Mild 8 (21.6%) 6 (16.2%) -- -- -- --
  Discomforting 6 (16.2%) 5 (13.5%) -- -- -- --
  Distressing 1 (2.7%) 1 (2.7%) -- -- -- --
  Horrible 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) -- -- -- --
  Excruciating 0 (0.0)% 0 (0.0%) -- -- -- --

Quality/Severity
 MPQ Score, 0-45 (n=18) 3.8 (4.1) 4.0 (4.0) .880 (.709, .953) 1.4 3.3 3.9

Extent
# Regions per Body Diagram, 0-59 (n=26) 5.5 (5.5) 5.3 (4.8) .757 (.528, .884) 2.5 5.9 7.1

CSES
 Psychological Distress & Well-being, 0-150 (n=24) 120.5 (27.9) 125.1 (28.9) .780 (.561, .898) 13.3 30.9 36.9
 Ways of Coping, 0-50 (n=23) 39.7 (10.3) 41.8 (9.3) .669 (.372, .844) 5.6 13.1 15.6
 Social Support, 0-60 (n=22) 47.8 (11.6) 47.9 (12.4) .798 (.572, .911) 5.4 12.5 15.0

Abbreviations: SD, standard deviation; ICC, intraclass correlation coefficient; CI, confidence interval; SEM: standard error of measurement; MDC, minimal detectable change; PROMIS: Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System; MPQ: McGill Pain Questionnaire; #, Number; CSES, Coping Self-Efficacy Scale.

a

Data presented as n (% of sample) and evaluated using weighted Kappa given ordinal data.