Central sensitization and adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in medical students with chronic back pain: a cross-sectional study

Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation

Table 2 Mean scores of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and central sensitization (CS) among students with and without chronic back pain

	Back pain group (n=90)	No back pain group (n=137)	P value
Mean total score of ADHD scale	52.76±10.49	50.11±9.97	=0.05*
Mean score for attention deficit section	27.06±5.79	25.25±5.41	=0.02*
Mean score for hyperactivity section	25.70±6.17	24.87±6.23	=0.32
Mean score of CSI	69.31±17.43	60.75±17.0	<0.01**

ADHD attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, CSI central sensitization inventory
*Significant P value if P-value ≤0.05, **P-value ≤0.01
P-values were calculated using independent sample t test