Table 1.
The shortened pain coping questionnaire for children and adolescents (mPCQped). Response frequency of all patients (%) and mean and standard deviation (SD) of the scores in all patients and in children and adolescents separately
| Response frequency of all patiens (%) | All | Age 7.9–12.9 | Age 13.0–18.3 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WHEN I AM IN PAIN FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS OR DAYS I … | N | Never (1) | Rarely (2) | Sometimes (3) | Often (4) | Very often (5) | Mean | SD | N | Mean | SD | N | Mean | SD | |
| Q1 | ask adults about things related to my pain. | 130 | 8.5 | 21.5 | 30.8 | 26.2 | 13.1 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 57 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 73 | 3.1 | 1.1 |
| Q2 | tell a friend how I feel. | 130 | 11.5 | 30 | 23.1 | 26.9 | 8.5 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 57 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 73 | 3.0 | 0.9 |
| Q3 | start doing something. | 129 | 7.7 | 17.7 | 29.2 | 33.8 | 10.8 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 56 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 73 | 3.2 | 1.1 |
| Q4 | worry that the pain will never stop. | 130 | 33.8 | 23.8 | 27.7 | 7.7 | 6.9 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 57 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 73 | 2.3 | 1.1 |
| Q5 | talk with someone about how I feel. | 129 | 10.8 | 23.8 | 25.4 | 27.1 | 12.3 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 56 | 3.1 | 1.3 | 73 | 3.0 | 0.9 |
| Q6 | do not pay attention to the pain. | 130 | 6.2 | 28.5 | 33.8 | 25.4 | 6.2 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 57 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 73 | 2.8 | 1.2 |
| Q7 | quarrel, bicker or fight. | 129 | 40 | 29.2 | 23.8 | 3.8 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 56 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 72 | 1.9 | 1.2 |
| Q8 | think all the time how much I am aching. | 130 | 17.7 | 44.6 | 25.4 | 9.2 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 57 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 73 | 2.4 | 1.2 |
| Q9 | try to figure out different ways to relieve the pain. | 130 | 13.1 | 16.2 | 24.6 | 33.1 | 13.1 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 57 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 73 | 3.3 | 1.1 |
| Q10 | explain to myself that there is nothing to worry about. | 130 | 26.9 | 27.7 | 23.1 | 14.6 | 7.7 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 57 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 73 | 2.7 | 1.0 |
| Q11 | think that nothing will help. | 130 | 38.5 | 36.9 | 12.3 | 10.0 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 57 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 73 | 2.2 | 1.1 |
| Q12 | get more information about how my body is working. | 130 | 37.7 | 32.3 | 19.2 | 9.2 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 57 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 73 | 2.2 | 1.1 |
| Q13 | say to myself that soon everything will be all right. | 130 | 33.1 | 20.8 | 25.4 | 16.2 | 4.6 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 57 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 73 | 2.6 | 1.1 |
| Q14 | start busying myself with something. | 130 | 10.8 | 10 | 30 | 37.7 | 11.5 | 3.3 | 1.1 | 57 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 73 | 3.3 | 0.9 |
| Q15 | try not to think about the pain. | 130 | 5.4 | 10 | 26.9 | 43.1 | 14.6 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 57 | 3.4 | 1.2 | 73 | 3.6 | 0.9 |
| Q16 | think that the pain will never ease off. | 130 | 36.2 | 35.4 | 15.4 | 9.2 | 3.8 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 57 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 73 | 2.2 | 0.9 |
| Q17 | unburden my feelings to a friend. | 130 | 26.2 | 29.2 | 23.8 | 15.4 | 5.4 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 57 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 73 | 2.6 | 1.0 |
| Q18 | explain to myself that I can overcome anything at all. | 130 | 21.5 | 30 | 25.4 | 14.6 | 8.5 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 57 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 73 | 2.8 | 1.1 |
| Q19 | do something that will take the pain out of my mind. | 130 | 11.5 | 10 | 26.9 | 37.7 | 13.8 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 57 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 73 | 3.3 | 1.1 |
| Q20 | worry about my pain almost all the time. | 130 | 38.5 | 35.4 | 16.2 | 6.9 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 57 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 73 | 2.0 | 1.1 |