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Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS) was used. Mediation analysis was used to assess the indirect effect of pain catastrophizing on pain-related disability.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"j_sjpain-2025-0055_abs_003\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The average age was 54.0 (SD 16.1) years and 89 (63\u202f%) were women. For the total PCS score, the indirect effect was responsible for 31\u202f% (95\u202f% CI 15\u202f%\u201347\u202f%) to 33\u202f% (95\u202f% CI 15\u202f%\u201352\u202f%). The highest proportion was observed in the helplessness domain, 37\u202f% (95\u202f% CI 19\u202f%\u201355\u202f%). The lowest effect of 11\u202f% (95\u202f% CI 0\u202f%\u201323\u202f%) was seen for the magnification domain.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"j_sjpain-2025-0055_abs_004\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The mediating effect of catastrophizing was responsible for over 30\u202f% of the total effect seen in correlation between pain and disability experienced by patients with CTS. While the effect of magnification sub-score was borderline and could probably be ignored in clinical context, domain of helplessness reached the effect size of almost 40\u202f%. The results suggest that catastrophizing should be considered when treating or rehabilitating people with CTS. 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