The Effect of Pressure Pain Sensitivity and Patient Factors on Self-Reported Pain-Disability in Patients with Chronic Neck Pain

Table 4: Regression models describing patient’s factors predictors of pain-disability (n=44).

Construct	Dependent Variable	Patient Factors in the Model: Beta (p Values) are Shown			Model
Construct	Dependent Variable	Age	Gender	Comorbidity	R²	p Value
NP-DISABILITY	McGill Total Pain Rating Index	-.22 (.28)	-.05 (.78)	.43 (.04)*	.13	.17
	Pain Intensity: VAS	.19 (.36)	-.08 (.64)	.44(.04)*	.12	.22
	Evaluative overall pain	-32 (.09)	-.01 (.94)	.62 (.01)**	.25	.02*
	Neck Disability Index	-.15 (.43)	.35 (.03)*	.39 (.05)*	.30	.007**

Abbreviation/Symbol: PRI, Pain Rating Index; VAS, Visual Analogue Scale; ** beta and R² are significant at 0.01 level; * beta and R² are significant at 0.05 level. Significant beta and R² are bolded.