The Long Term Role of Anxiety Sensitivity and Experiential Avoidance on Pain Intensity, Mood, and Disability among Individuals in a Specialist Pain Clinic
Table 2
Demographic and clinical characteristics of study population and participants subdivided into the five-cluster subgroups.
Study population
Cluster 1
Cluster 2
Cluster 3
Cluster 4
Cluster 5
(among clusters)
229
38
26
59
63
43
Mean age (SD)
45.6 (11.5)
44.7 (12.6)
45.3 (9.2)
46.8 (13.4)
45.2 (11.1)
45.2 (9.8)
>0.05
Sex (M %)
35.8
24.3
38.5
40.7
39.7
32.6
>0.05
Relationship status (%)
Single
12.8
13.5
8.0
12.7
13.3
14.3
>0.05
Married or in a serious relationship
73.1
67.6
80.0
69.1
76.7
73.8
Divorced, separated, and widowed
14.2
18.9
12.0
18.2
10.0
11.9
Pain duration (%)
Less than 5 years
47.4
47.4
34.6
46.6
44.4
60.5
>0.05
5 to 10 years
37.3
36.8
53.8
32.8
39.7
30.2
Greater than 10 years
15.4
15.8
11.5
20.7
15.9
9.3
ASI (SD)
22.0 (12.4)
42.1 (9.0)
30.4 (5.0)
21.8 (5.6)
14.7 (4.6)
10.0 (6.0)
<0.001
AAQ (SD)
32.1 (7.8)
41.1 (5.6)
28.7 (3.9)
37.6 (3.3)
30.6 (2.5)
20.9 (4.0)
<0.001
AAQ: Acceptance and Action Questionnaire; ASI: Anxiety Sensitivity Index.
