From: Depression and quality of life in cancer patients with and without pain: the role of pain beliefs
 | Patients with pain (n = 98) Mean (SD) | Patients without pain (n = 44) Mean (SD) | P |
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Functioning and global quality of life scores* | Â | Â | Â |
Physical functioning | 78.6 (19.7) | 82.7 (14.2) | 0.21 |
Role functioning | 62.9 (28.3) | 81 (20.5) | < 0.001 |
Emotional functioning | 60.6 (22.9) | 74.6 (17.4) | < 0.001 |
Cognitive functioning | 94.7 (14.1) | 96.2 (12.3) | 0.54 |
Social functioning | 80.9 (23.2) | 84.8 (16.4) | 0.31 |
Global quality of life | 57.9 (23.6) | 72.3 (14.2) | < 0.001 |
Depression score** | Â | Â | Â |
HADS-D | 9.2 (3.97) | 6.8 (3) | < 0.001 |
Pain beliefs scores*** | Â | Â | Â |
Pain permanence | -4.45 (2.5) | NA | Â |
Self-blame | -1.33 (4.6) | NA | Â |
Pain consistency | -2.71 (3.6) | NA | Â |
Mysteriousness | 1.92 (3.4) | NA | Â |