Biographical and clinical details of 57 adolescents entering treatment programme
| CRPS, complex regional pain disorder I; RAP, recurrent abdominal pain. | |
| Female | 41 |
| Age | |
| Mean | 14.28 years |
| SD (range) | 1.60 (11–17) |
| Accompanied by | |
| Mother | 44 (77.2%) |
| Father or stepfather | 7 (12.3%) |
| Both parents | 3 (5.3%) |
| Grandmother | 3 (5.3%) |
| Adults at home | |
| Father | 41 (71.9%) |
| Stepfather | 8 (14.0%) |
| Mother | 56 (98.2%) |
| Siblings | |
| None | 8 (14.0%) |
| One | 31 (54.4%) |
| Two | 13 (22.8%) |
| Three | 4 (7.0%) |
| Four | 1 (1.8%) |
| Employment status of adults at home | |
| Full time | 20 (35.1%) |
| Part time | 14 (24.6%) |
| Disabled | 6 (10.5%) |
| Homemaker | 10 (17.5%) |
| Student | 2 (3.5%) |
| Unemployed | 5 (8.8) |
| Diagnosis | |
| Fibromyalgia | 9 (15.8%) |
| CRPS | 15 (26.4%) |
| Diffuse idiopathic pain | 14 (24.6%) |
| Localised idiopathic pain | 7 (12.3%) |
| Disease related | 8 (14.0%) |
| Headache | 1 (1.7%) |
| RAP | 2 (3.5%) |
| Renal pain | 1 (1.7%) |
| Onset | |
| Sudden | 28 (49.1%) |
| Gradual | 23 (40.4%) |
| Unknown | 6 (10.5%) |
| Chronicity | |
| Mean | 4.02 years |
| SD (range) | 3.57 (1–15) |
| Frequency of pain | |
| Persistent | 47 (82.5%) |
| Intermittent | 4 (7.0%) |
| Not known | 6 (10.5%) |
| Site of primary pain | |
| Total body | 26 (45.6%) |
| Head | 1 (1.7%) |
| Limb | 15 (26.4%) |
| Back | 8 (14.0%) |
| Abdomen | 4 (7.0%) |
| Hip | 3 (5.3%) |