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. 2009 Jul 14;1:26. doi: 10.1186/1758-3284-1-26

Table 2.

Pain measures at baseline

Variable Category Frequency (n) % Mean SD Min/Max
Pain expectation Worse than expected 18 15
The same as expected 28 23
Not as bad as expected 65 59

Satisfied with Pain Level No 36 29
Yes 80 65
Missing 8 7

Current pain (0–5) 1.51 1.01 0–5

Worst pain (0–5) 3.03 1.26 0–5

Least pain (0–5) 0.76 0.74 0–3

Number of pain sites 2.1 2.2 0–16

Pain Rating Index Sensory 9.1 7.3 0–34
Affective 1.0 1.7 0–8
Evaluative 1.2 1.5 0–5
Miscellaneous 2.1 2.9 0–15
Total 13.5 11.3 0–58

Number of Words Chosen 5.9 4.1 0–20

Pain Pattern Continuous 41 33.1%
Intermittent 18 14.5%
Brief 2 1.6%
Continuous/Intermittent 16 12.9%
Continuous/Brief 2 1.6%
Intermittent/Brief 26 21%
Continuous/Intermittent/Brief 11 8.9%
Missing 8 6.4%