Table 4.
Comparison of median (IQR) scores for pain/discomfort and anxiety/depression labels, UK and Spain
| Pain/discomfort | ||||||||||
| UK | A little | Slighta | Mild | Some | Moderate | – | A lot | Severe | Very severe | Extreme |
| 10 (10–20) | 10 (10–20) | 15 (10–25) | 20 (10–30) | 45 (35–50) | – | 70 (60–75) | 80 (70–85) | 90 (85–93) | 90 (85–95) | |
| Spain | Un poco | – | Leve | Algo de | Moderado | Bastanteb | Mucho | Fuerte | Muy fuerte | Extremo |
| 18 (10–26) | – | 18 (10–26) | 20 (10–30) | 45 (30–50) | 70 (59–75) | 75 (69–80) | 75 (65–82) | 85 (75–90) | 95 (90–99) | |
| Anxiety/depression | ||||||||||
| UK | A little | Slightly | Mildly | Somewhat | Moderately | Quite | Very | Severely | Very severely | Extremely |
| 16 (10–25) | 20 (10–30) | 25 (11–35) | 30 (16–40) | 40 (30–50) | 43 (30–59) | 78 (70–80) | 85 (80–90) | 90 (85–95) | 90 (85–95) | |
| Spain | Un poco | Ligera-mente | Levemente | Algo | Moderada-mente | Bastante | Muy | Severa | Muy severa | Extremada-mente |
| 20 (10–30) | 15 (10–25) | 15 (10–25) | 20 (10–38) | 40 (30–50) | 65 (50–70) | 75 (70–80) | 85 (78–90) | 85 (75–90) | 95 (90–99) | |
aUK only, no equivalent tested in Spain
bSpain only, no equivalent tested in UK
Labels ordered by UK ranking
Median values are in bold