Contextual and time dependent pain in fibromyalgia: An explorative study

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Table 2 Pain reportings: Descriptives ^a and correlations ^b (n = 24)

	Mean^a ± SEM	(SD)	Baseline Doctor	Baseline Home	Follow-up 14 yrs Doctor
Baseline Doctor	50.3^{c d} ± 4.0	21.3	-	0.49^b *	0.14 ^b ns
Baseline Home	38.8^{c *} ± 4.3	23.0	0.49 ^b *	-	0.47^b *
Follow-up 14 yrs Doctor	50.2^d ± 4.4	23.6	0.14^b ns	0.47^b *	-

^a Pain (VAS) descriptives.
^b Correlations (Pearson’s r), p values ≤ 0.05 are marked *
^c Dependent t-test of group means between baseline pain scores at home vs. in a doctor office; completers (* p<0.05).
^d Dependent t-test of group means between pains in doctor’s office with a 14 years’ time lag; completers (ns).

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