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. 2011 Nov 15;6(11):e27607. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027607

Table 3. Comparison between stroke patients and reference subjects with development of novel types of pain vs. no pain development at time of questionnaire.

Stroke patients
Pain No pain P-value
Included responders 237 371 -
Primary questionnaire 193 327 0.022
Reminder 44 44
Percentage of included responders, % (95% CI) 39.0 (35.1–43.0) 61.0 -
Median age (years) 70.8 73.2 0.018
Median age females (years) 72.4 77.0 0.0075
Median age males (years) 68.9 71.2 0.28
Male percentage (%) 52.3 58.2 0.15
Days stroke to questionnaire, median 801 794 0.98
SSS score, median (p10-90) 48 (24–58) 51 (30–58) 0.0018
Overall QoL (NRS), median (p10-90)¤ 5 (2–8) 7 (4–10) <0.001
Overall QoH (NRS), median (p10-90)# 5 (2–8) 7 (4–10) <0.001
Self-reported diabetes (%) 15.6 13.2 0.41
Self-reported depression (%) 34.6 12.1 <0.001
Self-reported CVD (%) 45.2 25.9 <0.001
Cohabiting/married (%) 57.0 59.6 0.53
Living in nursing home (%) 13.9 11.9 0.46