Materials and methodsTwo-hundred and one patients with CLBP participated in the present study (53 men - 148 women, mean age±SD 37,4±13,7). The measures used were: Pain Anxiety Symptoms Scale-PASS-20 (McCracken & Dhingra, 2002) and another questionnaire with socio-demographics and attitudes and self-reported questions data on the impact of the chronic pain in their life.
ResultsThe mean scores (±SD) for men and women with CLBP and the p values from the T-tests were respectively: PASS- 20 total score, 22,19±9,09 and 30,11±14,15, (P=0,000), for avoidance, 8,15±3,02 and 9,65±4,46, (P=0,025), for fearfull thinking, 6,64±2,99 and 8,33±3,91, (P=0,002), for cognitive anxiety 3,98 ±2,72 and 5,90 ± 4,20, (P=0,005) and for Physiological Responses 3,42 ±2,53 and 6,21 ± 3,67, (P=0,000).