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Table 3 Clinical and sociodemographic characteristics of participants with low and high SIS (mean ± SD)

From: The “self” in pain: high levels of schema-enmeshment worsen fibromyalgia impact

 

Low SIS (high enmeshment)

(n = 61)

High SIS (low enmeshment) (n = 31)

p-value

Age

42.7 ± 12.33

38.65 ± 11.64

.203

Caucasian (n)

47

24

.326

Employed (n)

29

19

.212

Married (n)

20

11

.796

Living alone (n)

11

3

.292

Education Level (college degree) (n)

38

21

.607

Annual Income (above $45000) (n)

35

22

.204

PCS

25.66 ± 11.60

17.61 ± 10.78

.002

BPI Severity

5.59 ± 1.62

4.27 ± 1.92

.001

BPI Interference

6.28 ± 2.11

4.56 ± 2.41

.001

FIQR

62.00 ± 13.39

46.36 ± 16.76

.000

Anxiety (PROMIS)

60.27 ± 7.74

56.40 ± 9.20

.045

Depression (PROMIS)

59.79 ± 8.83

53.81 ± 8.54

.002

  1. Note. SISSelf-Illness-Separation; PCS Pain Catastrophizing; BPI Brief Pain Inventory; FIQR Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire-Revised; PROMIS Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (T-Score).