Table 2.
The shortened pain coping questionnaire for parents (mPCQpar). Response frequency (%) of all parents and mean and standard deviation (SD) of the scores in all parents and in parents to children and adolescents separately
| Response frequency of all parents (%) | All | Age 7.9–12.9 | Age 13.0–18.3 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WHEN MY CHILD IS 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 the experts who treat my child about things related to my child’s pain. | 127 | 1 | 14 | 32 | 40 | 12 | 3.5 | 0.9 | 56 | 3.6 | 0.9 | 71 | 3.4 | 0.9 |
| Q2 | tell a friend or spouse how I feel. | 127 | 2 | 9 | 29 | 37 | 22 | 3.7 | 1.0 | 56 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 71 | 3.8 | 1.0 |
| Q3 | start doing something. | 125 | 10 | 29 | 33 | 18 | 6 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 56 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 69 | 2.7 | 1.0 |
| Q4 | worry that my child’s pain will never stop. | 127 | 11 | 32 | 25 | 24 | 6 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 56 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 71 | 2.8 | 1.2 |
| Q5 | talk with someone about how I feel. | 127 | 2 | 19 | 27 | 40 | 11 | 3.4 | 1.0 | 56 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 71 | 3.6 | 1.0 |
| Q6 | try to focus on something else than my child’s pain. | 126 | 14 | 24 | 29 | 28 | 3 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 55 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 71 | 2.7 | 1.1 |
| Q7 | quarrel or am tense and get nervous. | 127 | 23 | 52 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 56 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 71 | 2.0 | 0.8 |
| Q8 | think all the time how much my child is aching. | 127 | 12 | 43 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 56 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 71 | 2.5 | 1.0 |
| Q9 | try to figure out different ways to relieve my child’s pain. | 127 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 45 | 36 | 4.2 | 0.7 | 56 | 4.2 | 0.7 | 71 | 4.2 | 0.7 |
| Q10 | say to myself that there is nothing to worry about my child. | 127 | 12 | 19 | 38 | 22 | 8 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 56 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 71 | 2.8 | 1.0 |
| Q11 | think that nothing will help. | 127 | 47 | 29 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 56 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 71 | 1.7 | 0.8 |
| Q12 | find out more information about the functioning of the body. | 127 | 6 | 14 | 38 | 26 | 14 | 3.3 | 1.1 | 56 | 3.4 | 1.0 | 71 | 3.2 | 1.1 |
| Q13 | explain to myself that soon everything will be all right. | 127 | 7 | 19 | 39 | 28 | 5 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 56 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 71 | 3.0 | 1.0 |
| Q14 | start pottering around with something with my child. | 127 | 1 | 7 | 43 | 36 | 11 | 3.5 | 0.8 | 56 | 3.8 | 0.8 | 71 | 3.3 | 0.8 |
| Q15 | try not to think about my child’s pain. | 126 | 9 | 27 | 37 | 23 | 2 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 56 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 70 | 2.7 | 0.9 |
| Q16 | think that my child’s pain will never ease off. | 127 | 39 | 30 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 56 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 71 | 2.1 | 1.0 |
| Q17 | unburden my feelings to a friend or spouse. | 127 | 6 | 13 | 27 | 35 | 17 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 56 | 3.3 | 1.1 | 71 | 3.5 | 1.1 |
| Q18 | assure myself that we can overcome anything at all. | 127 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 42 | 25 | 3.8 | 1.0 | 56 | 4.0 | 0.9 | 71 | 3.6 | 1.0 |
| Q19 | do something that will take my child’s pain out of my mind. | 127 | 8 | 26 | 42 | 18 | 5 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 56 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 71 | 2.8 | 0.9 |
| Q20 | worry about my child’s pain almost all the time. | 127 | 25 | 40 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 56 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 71 | 2.3 | 1.1 |