Table 4.

Course of pain symptoms in a sample (n = 350)^a of Dutch nursing home patients over six months.

	Follow-up (6 months )
	No pain	Mild pain symptoms	Serious pain symptoms	Total
Baseline
No pain	39	21	3	63
Mild pain symptoms	27	52	16	95
Serious pain symptoms	5	14	39	58
Total	71	87	58	216

^a Data about pain symptoms at baseline and after six months available for 216 patients.