Table 1.
Characteristics of Patients
| Variable | All patients (n = 157) |
Orthopaedic patients (n = 70) |
medical-psychosomatic patients (n = 87) |
Patients retested (n = 47) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female sex | 51% | 41% | 55% | 62% |
| Age (years) * | 52.4 (15.3) 51 (43-62) |
57.8 (17.4) 59 (44-74) |
48.0 (11.7) 49 (42-55) |
47.1 (12.1) 48 (42-54) |
| Baseline pain (NAS score) * | 5.0 (2.3) 5 (3-7) |
3.6 (1.4) 4 (2-4) |
6.1 (2.4) 6 (4-8) |
6.1 (2.5) 7 (4-8) |
| Acute pain, < 6 months |
24% | 46% | 7% | 7% |
| Chronic pain > 6 months |
76% | 54% | 93% | 93% |
| Mean duration of pain (months) * | 62.1 (98.7) 24 (6-60) |
18.1 (27.1) 6 (1-24) |
97.4 (119.4) 48 (19-96) |
77.6 (94.5) 42 (18-87) |
| Monolocular pain | 43% | 70% | 21% | 18% |
| Multilocular pain | 57% | 30% | 78% | 82% |
| Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs | 64% | 87% | 45% | 47% |
| Opioid drugs | 27% | 13% | 38% | 29% |
| Antidepressant drugs | 48% | 7% | 81% | 84% |
| HADS-D Depression Score* | 7.7 (5.1) 6 (3-11) |
4.5 (2.8) 4 (2-6.8) |
10.4 (5.1) 10 (5.3-14) |
10.7 (5.2) 10 (4.8-14.3) |
HADS-D = Depression subscale of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale
*) values are given as mean (SD) and median (interquartile range)