Skip to main content

Table 3 Unadjusted descriptive statistics on self-efficacy, pain self-efficacy, social support, and HADS scores for both groups

From: App-based intervention among adolescents with persistent pain: a pilot feasibility randomized controlled trial

Secondary outcomes

Control group

Mean [SD]

Intervention group

Mean [SD]

Effect size

(Cohen’s d)

Self-efficacy

 Pre-intervention T0

13.9 [3.03]

13.0 [3.42]

.22

 Post-intervention T1a

14.2 [3.02]

14.9 [3.59]

HADS-T

 T0

15.2 [6.14]

16.7 [6.58]

.53

 T1a

15.0 [5.93]

11.7 [6.31]

HADS-A

 T0

6.3 [2.97]

6.7 [3.74]

.02

 T1a

5.4 [3.25]

5.5 [3.91]

HADS-D

 T0

8.9 [3.86]

10.1 [4.14]

.91

 T1a

9.6 [3.95]

6.2 [3.49]

Perceived social support

 T0

10.3 [2.80]

10.5 [3.24]

.09

 T1b

10.2 [3.38]

10.5 [4.35]

Pain self-efficacy

 T0

44.4 [11.56]

41.3 [11.37]

.32

 T1c

48.3 [8.50]

44.5 [14.12]

  1. aControl group n = 13, intervention group n = 17
  2. bControl group n = 12, intervention group n = 17
  3. cControl group n = 11, intervention group n = 17