Short and long-term predictors of pain severity and interference in primary care patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain and depression

Table 2 Pain severity and pain interference throughout the study period, according to Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) scores

	Baseline	3 months	12 months
	N = 328	N = 305	N = 274
Severity of pain (BPI¹ score; mean and SD)	6.5 (1.8)	6.5 (2.4)	6.4 (2.6)
Interference of pain (BPI¹ score; mean and SD)	6.3 (2.3)	5.6 (2.5)	5.5 (2.6)

¹Brief Pain Inventory, providing scores for both pain severity and pain interference

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