A Small Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial Comparing Mobile and Traditional Pain Coping Skills Training Protocols for Cancer Patients with Pain

Table 3

Comparative pre- and postintervention data ().

	Before intervention		After intervention
	M	SD	M	SD
Pain intensity
Full group	4.19	1.86	2.68	1.98
mHealth	4.53	2.12	3.32	1.89
In person	3.86	1.61	2.05	1.95
Pain catastrophizing
Full group	1.89	1.13	1.01	0.96
mHealth	1.64	1.33	1.42	0.99
In person	2.13	0.91	0.60	0.77
Pain self-efficacy
Full group	48.76	18.40	60.32	27.81
mHealth	46.00	20.51	51.45	25.78
In person	51.30	16.72	68.44	28.16
Physical functioning
Full group	5.08	2.37	3.94	2.51
mHealth	4.10	2.78	4.75	2.37
In person	5.98	1.52	3.20	2.51
Physical symptoms
Full group	3.85	1.72	2.78	2.13
mHealth	3.27	1.51	2.80	1.0
In person	4.34	1.64	2.76	2.93
Distress
Full group	2.13	1.72	1.75	2.18
mHealth	1.70	1.26	1.23	1.21
In person	2.52	2.04	2.27	2.81
Despair
Full group	1.24	1.48	0.95	1.71
mHealth	1.05	1.31	0.70	0.80
In person	1.43	1.66	1.21	2.32

Note. All comparisons were nonsignificant.