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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pain Med. 2012 Jul 3;13(8):1004–1017. doi: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2012.01405.x

Table 5.

Change in pain severity reports during the first 14 days of hospice care between Experimental & Control groups from baseline to post-intervention.

Item Description Total Experimental Control p- value
baseline post baseline post
Mean last pain severity rating for patients with 2 or more pain scores n 410 100 98 109 103 0.41451
mean 2.30 2.64 2.51 2.72 2.16
SD 2.86 2.81 2.90 1.91 2.99
Mean pain severity at the 2nd week2
n 296 70 72 80 74 0.10321
mean 2.19 2.42 2.12 1.99 2.24
1

P-values were calculated based on the linear regression model with the GEE approach

2

For patients who had at least one assessment with non-zero pain intensity