Table 3 The means, standard deviations, (in parentheses) and F-statistics of pain outcomes as a function of possession condition.
Scales | Physical-possession (n = 30) | Psychological-possession (n = 29) | No-possession (n = 29) | F-statisticsa | Effect size (\({\eta }_{p}^{2})\) | Post-Hocb | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Baseline measures | |||||||
Verbal and written pain intensity NRS | 0–10 | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.00 (0.00) | |||
MPQ pain intensity | 0–5 | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.00 (0.00) | |||
MPQ pain severity | cm | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.00 (0.00) | |||
Face pain intensity | 1–6 | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.00 (0.00) | |||
Pain unpleasantness VAS | cm | 0.16 (0.86) | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.01 (0.04) | 0.90 | 0.02 | |
Reference pain | 0–5 | 3.31 (0.91) | 3.10 (0.86) | 2.94 (0.72) | 1.43 | 0.03 | |
Objective physical measures | |||||||
Pain threshold | s | 14.77 (14.23) | 7.62 (4.62) | 7.20 (3.73) | 6.65** | 0.14 | Phy < Psy Phy < No Psy = No |
Pain tolerance | s | 130.37 (66.88) | 69.51 (54.19) | 88.89 (67.11) | 7.19** | 0.15 | Phy < Psy Phy < No Psy = No |
Subjective self-reported measures | |||||||
Verbal pain intensity NRS | 0–10 | 7.08 (1.37) | 6.58 (1.41)c | 6.74 (1.13)d | 1.07e | 0.03 | |
Written pain intensity NRS | 0–10 | 8.10 (1.71) | 8.38 (1.76) | 7.90 (2.02) | 0.51 | 0.01 | |
MPQ pain intensity | 0–5 | 2.98 (0.87) | 3.02 (0.84) | 3.01 (0.96) | 0.02 | 0.000 | |
MPQ pain severity | cm | 7.46 (1.79) | 7.73 (1.94) | 7.30 (2.11) | 0.36 | 0.009 | |
MPQ pain quality | 0–3 | 1.29 (0.53) | 1.40 (0.61) | 1.37 (0.54) | 0.34 | 0.008 | |
Face pain intensity | 1–6 | 3.37 (1.10) | 3.41 (1.21) | 3.41 (1.05) | 0.02 | 0.00 | |
Pain unpleasantness VAS | cm | 5.75 (2.72) | 6.11 (2.55) | 6.05 (2.98) | 0.15 | 0.003 | |
