Table 1 Demographics, clinical and psychological variables
From: Too hard to control: compromised pain anticipation and modulation in mild traumatic brain injury
18 HC (M) | 18 MTBI (M) | Statistics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | s.d. | Mean | s.d. | t/ χ 2 | P | |
Demographic variables | ||||||
Age (years) | 28.6 | 8.7 | 28.7 | 7.1 | 0.02 | 0.98 |
Education (years) | 14.6 | 1.1 | 14.1 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 0.14 |
Marital status, N | ||||||
Married/living w/partner | 6 | 2 | 8.18 | <0.05 | ||
Single | 12 | 10 | ||||
Separated/divorced | 0 | 6 | ||||
Race, N | ||||||
African-American | 1 | 3 | 2.91 | 0.40 | ||
Asian | 1 | 0 | ||||
Caucasian | 8 | 10 | ||||
Other | 8 | 5 | ||||
Clinical variables | ||||||
Time since most severe MTBI (year) | NA | 4 | 2 | |||
Number of MTBIs | NA | 4 | 4 | |||
Loss of consciousness (<1min) | NA | N=3 | ||||
Psychological variables | ||||||
Clinician-administered PTSD scale | 0.2 | 0.9 | 36.4 | 12.8 | 12.2 | <0.01 |
Beck Depression Inventory-2 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 2.8 | <0.01 |
STAI-Y | ||||||
STAI-Y statea | 26.0 | 6.5 | 37.8 | 12.4 | 3.6 | <0.01 |
STAI-Y traitb | 28.2 | 5.7 | 35.9 | 11.8 | 2.4 | <0.05 |
Post-scanner ratings c | ||||||
Low-pain intensity | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.55 |
High-pain intensity | 3.8 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 0.3 | 0.80 |
