Table 2.

Characteristics of Study Participants (N=2,911)

Variable	Response set	N (%)
Do you have any ongoing pain?	Yes	2788 (95.8)
	No	122 (4.2)
	Missing	1 (0.0)
Age, M (SD)		41.61 (12.03)
		N(%)
Sex	Male	459 (15.8)
	Female	2,389 (82.1)
	Non-binary	29 (1.0)
	Prefer not to say	33 (1.1)
	Other	1 (0.0)
Pain duration	< 1 years	53 (1.8)
	1-4 years	261 (9.0)
	5-10 years	599 (20.6)
	More than 10 years	1,991 (68.4)
	Missing	7 (0.2)
Have you heard about pain catastrophizing	Yes	1,296 (44.5)
	No	1,615 (55.5)
Has a healthcare provider ever described you as being a “pain catastrophizer”	Yes	363 (12.5)
	No	824 (28.3)
Missing		1,616 (55.5)
	Other	108 (3.7)
If Yes,	Responders (n)	M (SD)
I felt blamed for my pain	363	5.95 (1.64)
I felt judged.	362	6.30 (1.41)
I felt my pain was dismissed as being purely psychological or “in my head.”	363	6.17 (1.60)
I felt I was taken less seriously.	361	6.16 (1.59)
I felt the information, or this term, was used against me.	362	6.00 (1.66)
I felt this information was used to prevent my access to pain treatment.	362	5.54 (1.87)