Table 2 Baseline variables
UC | EAP | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Number | 52 | 56 | |
Demographic variables | |||
Age (years) (SD) | 49.9 (11.7) | 48.4 (16.2) | 0.572 |
Gender ♂ (%) | 44 | 36 | 0.366 |
Specific disease variables | |||
Pain intensity T0 (mean + SD) | 5.2 (2.3) | 5.3 (2.2) | 0.887 |
Onset (quick) (%) | 44 | 54 | 0.286 |
Affected shoulder (Left/right/both) (%) | 42-52-6 | 41-57-2 | 0.538 |
Prior episodes of SCs lasting at least 1 week (% yes) | 42 | 49 | 0.482 |
Outcome variable | |||
SDQ score at baseline (mean and SD) | 60.8 (24.1) | 67.1 (24.0) | 0.175 |
Psychosocial variables | |||
Catastrophising (% very low) | 49 | 27 | 0.022 |
Coping (% very low) | 12 | 8 | 0.463 |
Distress categories (low-medium-high; %) | 79-17-4 | 80-18-2 | 0.815 |
Depression categories (low-medium-high; %) | 94-2-4 | 91-7-2 | 0.357 |
Anxiety categories (low-medium-high; %) | 100-0-0 | 100-0-0 | - |
Somatisation (low-medium-high; %) | 85-11-4 | 82-18-0 | 0.231 |