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Table 3 Correlation of total tenderness score with demographics and clinical characteristics in patients with persistent post-traumatic headache and healthy controls

From: Total tenderness score and pressure pain thresholds in persistent post-traumatic headache attributed to mild traumatic brain injury

Variable

Persistent PTH (n = 100)

Healthy controls (n = 100)

Correlation coefficient

P value

Correlation coefficient

P value

Age

-0.31

.002

0.01

.91

Monthly headache days

-0.12

.20

NA

NA

ASC-12 scores

0.28

.005

NA

NA

Global PSQ-I scores

0.13

.21

0.13

.20

HADS anxiety scores

0.20

.05

0.03

.74

HADS depression scores

-0.01

.89

-0.04

.67

  1. PTH Post-Traumatic Headache, ASC-12 12-item Allodynia Symptom Checklist, PSQ-I Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index, HADS Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale