Research Article
Pain Mystery Score Beliefs: A Comparison of Fibromyalgia and Rheumatoid Arthritis
Table 1
Patient characteristics according to diagnostic group.
| | Entire sample | Rheumatoid arthritis | Fibromyalgia | | () | () | () |
| | Mean (std dev.) or percent | Sex (% female) | 72.2 | 54.7 | 90.3 | Age (years) | 48.9 (12.8) | 53.7 (12.9) | 43.9 (10.7) | Pain Visual Analogue Scale (out of 10) | 5.8 (2.7) | 4.3 (2.7) | 7.3 (1.5) | Injustice Experiences Questionnaire total | 17.9 (10.3) | 14.4 (9.8) | 21.6 (9.7) | HADS—anxiety () | 7.5 (4.6) | 5.8 (4.2) | 9.2 (4.3) | HADS—depression () | 8.5 (3.5) | 7.3 (3.5) | 9.7 (3.1) | Mystery Scale | −0.8 (5.5) | −4.5 (3.9) | 2.9 (4.4) |
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All descriptive variables demonstrated statistically significant differences between groups.
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