Table 1.
Patient baseline characteristics NRS of pain day 90
| Total cohort (n = 1906) | Responders (n = 825) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-Responders n = 1081 |
Responders n = 825 |
P | NRS 0 n = 266 |
NRS ≥ 1 n = 559 |
P | ||
| Sociodemographic factors | |||||||
| Age (median [IQR]) | 45.00 [28.00–58.00] | 47.00 [31.00–59.00] | 0.011 | 43.00 [29.00–55.00] | 49.00 [33.00–60.00] | 0.001 | |
| Female sex (n (%)) | 491/1074 (45.7) | 434/824 (52.6) | 0.003 | 111/265 (41.9) | 323/559 (57.8) | < 0.001 | |
| Currently relationship (yes, %) | 119/425 (28.0) | 222/732 (30.3) | 0.402 | 73/220 (33.2) | 149/512 (29.1) | 0.271 | |
| Currently working (yes, %) | 271/365 (74.2) | 559/716(78.1) | 0.159 | 177/214 (82.7) | 382/502 (76.1) | 0.050 | |
| Acute pain characteristics | |||||||
| Location of pain (n (%)) | |||||||
|
Head Cervical spine Thoracic Thoracic and lumbar spine Abdomen Upper extremity/shoulder Lower extremity/hip Multiple Remaining Unknown Fracture related pain (n (%)) NRS arrival (median [IQR]) NRS departure (median [IQR]) |
56/1081 (5.2) 13/1081 (1.2) 47/1081 (4.4) 16/1081 (1.5) 64/1081 (5.9) 450/1081 (41.6) 314/1081 (29.1) 102/1081 (9.4) 13/1081 (1.2) 6/1081 (0.6) 515/1064 (48.4) 5.00 [3.00–7.00] 4.00 [3.00–6.00] |
36/825 (4.4) 5/825 (0.6) 37/825 (4.5) 13/825 (1.6) 43/825 (5.2) 356/825 (43.2) 257/825 (31.2) 71/825 (8.6) 5/825 (0.6) 2/825 (0.2) 471/813 (57.9) 5.00 [3.00–7.00] 4.00 [3.00–6.00] |
0.410 0.182 0.885 0.866 0.506 0.505 0.320 0.532 0.182 0.478 < 0.001 0.787 0.943 |
13/266 (4.9) 2/266(0.8) 20/266 (7.5) 2/266(0.8) 28/266 (10.5) 102/266 (38.4) 74/266 (27.8) 22/266(8.3) 2/266 (0.8) 1/266 (0.4) 121/261 (46.4) 4.50 [2.00–6.00] 4.00 [3.00–6.00] |
23/559 (4.1) 3/559 (0.5) 17/559 (3.0) 11/559 (2.0) 15/559(2.7) 254/559 (45.4) 183/559 (32.7) 49/559 (8.8) 3/559 (0.5) 1/559 (0.2) 350/552(63.4) 6.00 [3.00–7.00] 4.00 [3.00–6.00] |
0.612 0.660 0.004 0.242 < 0.001 0.055 0.154 0.813 0.660 0.841 < 0.001 < 0.001 0.255 |
|
| ED visit characteristics | |||||||
| Total minutes ED (median [IQR]) | 121 [83–174] | 118.50 [81–180] | 0.201 | 120 [79–187] | 118 [82–176] | 0.913 | |
| General Health | |||||||
| Comorbidity (Yes, %) | 478/864 (55.3) | 339/707 (47.9) | 0.004 | 100/228 (43.9) | 239 /479 (49.9) | 0.133 | |
| Pre-existent chronic pain (n (%)) | 92/393 (23.4) | 160/712 (22.5) | 0.722 | 38/213(17.8) | 122/499 (24.5) | 0.053 | |
| Psychosocial factors | |||||||
|
Smoking (yes, %) Alcohol (yes, %) Ever depressed (yes, %) |
70/288 (24.3) 181/396 (45.7) 87/424 (20.5) |
89/702 (12.7) 359/720 (49.9) 132/725 (18.2) |
< 0.001 0.184 0.336 |
26/214 (12.1) 122/216 (56.5) 31/216 (14.4) |
63/488 (12.9) 237/504 (47.0) 101/509 (19.8) |
0.780 0.020 0.080 |
|
Abbreviations:
IQR: Interquartile range
n: Number of patients
NRS: Rating Scale
*triage color and specified comorbidity is shown in supplemental Table 6