Description of Clinical Data: Suffering
The mean score for suffering was 53.7 (SD = 20.6). The three
dimensions of suffering (physical, psychological, and existential) for
the overall study sample (sum of the 3 dimension scores) and for
moderate vs. severe MCS subgroups are summarized in Table 4. The
maximum possible score was 30 on the physical suffering scale, 45
on the psychological scale, and 36 on the existential scale. Because of
the differences in scoring of the three dimensions, we expressed the
sum of the scores as an overall percentage so as to improve
comparisons. In general, the physical sphere of suffering