Research Article

Psychological Reactions and Persistent Facial Pain following Enucleation

Table 6

Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS) scores of patients with and without persistent pain after enucleation (mean (SD), Student’s -test).

PCS total scoreNo painPersistent painP ( -test)

Total score6.8 (15.9)3.6 (6.8)0.29
Rumination (4 elements)1.6 (4.0)1.4 (2.6)0.43
Magnification (3 elements)1.5 (3.1)1.0 (1.9)0.33
Helplessness (6 elements)3.2 (7.4)1.2 (2.3)0.24