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Table 1 Insomnia severity in individuals with and without pain and the categories of insomnia related to age, pain intensity, pain spreading, anxiety, and depression

From: Insomnia severity and its relationship with demographics, pain features, anxiety, and depression in older adults with and without pain: cross-sectional population-based results from the PainS65+ cohort

Subgroup of ISI

All

No clinically significant insomnia (NCSI)

Sub-threshold insomnia (S-TI)

Moderate clinical insomnia (MCI)

Severe clinical insomnia (SCl)

Statistics (ANOVA)

Post hoc comparisons (Dunnett t)a

Variables

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

p value

S-TI vs NCSI

MCI vs NCSI

SCl vs NCSI

a. Total sample (n = 6205)

 Age (years)

76.3 ± 7.4

76.5 ± 7.2

76.0 ± 7.4

76.5 ± 7.6

78.1 ± 8.3

0.175

NA

NA

NA

 Pain intensity

4.2 ± 2.6

3.2 ± 2.6

4.5 ± 2.4

5.3 ± 2.5

6.0 ± 2.7

<0.001

***

***

***

 Pain spreading

5.6 ± 5.4

4.4 ± 4.6

5.3 ± 4.7

7.7 ± 7.1

7.4 ± 7.1

<0.001

*

***

***

 GWBS-anxiety

6.4 ± 4.5

4.1 ± 3.7

6.6 ± 4.3

9.7 ± 5.2

12.8 ± 5.9

<0.001

***

***

***

 GWBS-depression

5.8 ± 3.8

4.1 ± 3.2

5.9 ± 3.3

8.2 ± 3.9

10.5 ± 4.8

<0.001

***

***

***

b. Chronic pain (n = 2790)

 Age (years)

76.2 ± 7.5

76.6 ± 7.6

75.6 ± 7.2

76.9 ± 7.8

78.7 ± 7.6

0.015

ns

ns

**

 Pain intensity

5.1 ± 2.1

4.4 ± 2.1

5.1 ± 1.9

5.7 ± 2.2

6.5 ± 2.48

<0.001

***

***

***

 Pain spreading

6.2 ± 5.6

5.1 ± 4.9

5.8 ± 4.8

8.3 ± 7.2

8.0 ± 7.2

<0.001

ns

***

***

 GWBS-anxiety

7.4 ± 4.9

5.0 ± 4.1

7.2 ± 4.3

10.0 ± 5.1

13.5 ± 6.7

<0.001

***

***

***

 GWBS-depression

6.3 ± 3.8

4.8 ± 3.4

6.1 ± 3.3

8.2 ± 3.8

10.7 ± 5.1

<0.001

***

***

***

c. Subacute pain (n = 510)

 Age (years)

75.6 ± 6.9

75.2 ± 6.9

75.4 ± 6.8

76.3 ± 7.3

76.0 ± 6.9

0.890

NA

NA

NA

 Pain intensity

4.4 ± 1.8

4.1 ± 1.6

4.4 ± 1.9

4.8 ± 1.8

5.5 ± 0.7

0.304

NA

NA

NA

 Pain spreading

3.1 ± 2.1

2.9 ± 2.1

3.1 ± 2.2

3.4 ± 2.2

2.0 ± 0.0

0.683

NA

NA

NA

 GWBS-anxiety

6.5 ± 4.8

4.4 ± 3.5

6.6 ± 4.4

10.0 ± 5.3

13.7 ± 2.5

<0.001

**

***

***

 GWBS-depression

5.8 ± 3.7

4.3 ± 3.1

5.7 ± 3.4

8.5 ± 3.7

10.0 ± 3.6

<0.001

*

***

***

d. No pain (n = 2905)

 Age (years)

75.9 ± 7.6

76.5 ± 6.9

76.4 ± 7.8

75.6 ± 7.4

77.1 ± 10.7

0.911

NA

NA

NA

 Pain intensity

0.0 ± 0.0

0.0 ± 0.0

0.0 ± 0.0

0.0 ± 0.0

0.0 ± 0.0

NA

NA

NA

NA

 Pain spreading

0.0 ± 0.0

0.0 ± 0.0

0.0 ± 0.0

0.0 ± 0.0

0.0 ± 0.0

NA

NA

NA

NA

 GWBS-anxiety

4.8 ± 4.2

3.3 ± 3.3

5.3 ± 4.1

8.6 ± 4.8

10.9 ± 4.3

<0.001

***

***

***

 GWBS-depression

4.7 ± 3.6

3.4 ± 2.9

5.2 ± 3.3

7.7 ± 4.2

9.9 ± 4.2

<0.001

***

***

***

  1. NCSI no clinically significant insomnia, S-TI sub-threshold insomnia, MCI moderate clinical insomnia, SCl severe clinical insomnia, ISI Insomnia Severity Index, GWBS general well-being schedule, NA not applicable
  2. aDunnett t tests treat one group as a control (No clinically significant insomnia as control group), and compare all other groups against it; ns non-significant at p < 0.05; NA not applicable
  3. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001