Attentional Engagement for Pain-Related Information among Individuals with Chronic Pain: The Role of Pain Catastrophizing

Table 1

Descriptive statistics of demographic information and pain-related and psychological variables.

Variables	Mean (SD)
Age	21.80 (2.06)
Gender
Male	34%
Female	66%
Smoking
Yes	12%
No	88%
Drinking
Yes	90%
No	10%
Chronic pain durations (months)	46.62 (29.04)
Average pain intensity in past 3 months (1–10)	6.40 (1.23)
Pain days per month	16.42 (7.40)
Pain disability index	30.72 (13.38)
Pain catastrophizing	19.98 (8.83)
Depression	21.74 (10.98)
Trait anxiety	47.60 (9.56)
Chronic pain diagnosis	N = 40
Cervical disc	4
Scoliosis	3
Spinal disc herniation	5
Spine compression fracture	1
Back pain	3
Migraine	10
Myofascial pain syndrome	1
Temporomandibular joint disease	4
Lumbar disc	1
Tension headache	6
Osteoarthritis	2