The Long Term Role of Anxiety Sensitivity and Experiential Avoidance on Pain Intensity, Mood, and Disability among Individuals in a Specialist Pain Clinic

Table 4

Post hoc analysis in mood and disability among clusters subgroups.

	Cluster 1		Cluster 2		Cluster 3		Cluster 4		Cluster 5
	Mean difference		Mean difference		Mean difference		Mean difference		Mean difference
DASS total
1			8.5 (2.5)	0.008	4.1 (2.1)	>0.05	10.1 (2.1)	<0.001	13.3 (2.2)	<0.001
2					−4.4 (2.4)	>0.05	1.6 (2.3)	>0.05	4.8 (2.5)	>0.05
3							6.0 (1.8)	0.011	9.2 (2.0)	<0.001
4									3.2 (2.0)	>0.05
DASS depression
1			3.4 (1.0)	0.005	1.3 (0.8)	>0.05	3.4 (0.8)	<0.001	4.8 (0.8)	<0.001
2					−2.0 (0.9)	>0.05	0.03 (0.9)	>0.05	1.4 (0.9)	>0.05
3							2.1 (0.7)	0.02	3.5 (0.8)	<0.001
4									1.34 (0.7)	>0.05
DASS anxiety
1			2.8 (0.9)	0.021	0.9 (0.7)	>0.05	3.0 (0.7)	0.001	4.4 (0.8)	<0.001
2					−1.8 (0.8)	>0.05	0.2 (0.8)	>0.05	1.6 (0.9)	>0.05
3							2.1 (0.7)	0.013	3.5 (0.7)	<0.001
4									1.4 (0.7)	>0.05
DASS stress
1			2.6 (0.9)	0.025	1.8 (0.7)	>0.05	3.8 (0.7)	<0.001	4.7 (0.8)	<0.001
2					−0.8 (0.8)	>0.05	1.2 (0.8)	>0.05	2.1 (0.8)	>0.05
3							2.0 (0.6)	0.01	2.9 (0.7)	<0.001
4									0.8 (0.7)	>0.5
PDI
1			6.3 (2.8)	>0.05	2.4 (2.3)	>0.05	5.3 (2.2)	>0.05	9.6 (2.4)	<0.001
2					−3.9 (2.6)	>0.05	−1.0 (2.5)	>0.05	3.3 (2.7)	>0.05
3							2.9 (2.0)	>0.05	7.2 (2.2)	0.009
4									4.3 (2.2)	>0.05

Bolded values denote . DASS: Depression Anxiety Stress Scales; PDI: Pain Disability Index.