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Functioning, global quality of life, depression, and pain beliefs scores in patients with pain and without pain |
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| Patients with pain (n = 98) Mean (SD) |
Patients without pain (n = 44) Mean (SD) |
P |
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| Functioning and global quality of life scores* |
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| Physical functioning |
78.6 (19.7) |
82.7 (14.2) |
0.21 |
| Role functioning |
62.9 (28.3) |
81 (20.5) |
< 0.001 |
| Emotional functioning |
60.6 (22.9) |
74.6 (17.4) |
< 0.001 |
| Cognitive functioning |
94.7 (14.1) |
96.2 (12.3) |
0.54 |
| Social functioning |
80.9 (23.2) |
84.8 (16.4) |
0.31 |
| Global quality of life |
57.9 (23.6) |
72.3 (14.2) |
< 0.001 |
| Depression score** |
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| HADS-D |
9.2 (3.97) |
6.8 (3) |
< 0.001 |
| Pain beliefs scores*** |
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| Pain permanence |
-4.45 (2.5) |
NA |
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| Self-blame |
-1.33 (4.6) |
NA |
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| Pain consistency |
-2.71 (3.6) |
NA |
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| Mysteriousness |
1.92 (3.4) |
NA |
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*. Higher scores indicate a better condition. ** HADS-D: Depression score derived from the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. Higher score indicates a greater symptom. *** Higher scores indicate more maladaptive beliefs. NA: not applicable. | |||
Tavoli et al. BMC Cancer 2008 8:177 doi:10.1186/1471-2407-8-177 |
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