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% |