Table II.
Pain Severity and Frequency Over the Past 4 Weeks by Age
| Age (years) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 12–17 | 18–24 | 25–34 | 35–44 | 45–71 | P value | |
| n = 252 | n = 50 | n = 56 | n = 61 | n = 61 | n = 24 | ||
| Severity of pain in past four weeks | <0.001 | ||||||
| None | 90 (36%) | 34 (68%) | 19 (35%) | 19 (31%) | 12 (20%) | 6 (25%) | |
| Very mild | 40 (16%) | 5 (10%) | 11 (20%) | 9 (15%) | 14 (23%) | 1 (4%) | |
| Mild | 51 (20%) | 8 (16%) | 14 (25%) | 15 (25%) | 9 (15%) | 5 (21%) | |
| Moderate | 48 (19%) | 3 (6%) | 8 (15%) | 13 (21%) | 16 (26%) | 8 (33%) | |
| Severe | 15 (6%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (2%) | 4 (7%) | 8 (13%) | 2 (8%) | |
| Very severe | 7 (3%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (4%) | 1 (2%) | 2 (3%) | 2 (8%) | |
| Missing/Unknown | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frequency of pain in past 4 weeks | <0.001 | ||||||
| No pain | 90 (36%) | 34 (68%) | 19 (34%) | 19 (31%) | 12 (20%) | 6 (25%) | |
| Every day | 35 (14%) | 1 (2%) | 2 (4%) | 6 (10%) | 13 (21%) | 13 (54%) | |
| Once a week | 78 (31%) | 8 (16%) | 24 (43%) | 22 (36%) | 21 (34%) | 3 (13%) | |
| Once a month | 48 (19%) | 6 (12%) | 11 (20%) | 14 (23%) | 15 (25%) | 2 (8%) | |
| Missing/Unknown | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frequency of pain medication in past four weeks | 0.10 | ||||||
| No pain | 90 (36%) | 34 (68%) | 19 (35%) | 19 (31%) | 12 (20%) | 6 (25%) | |
| Every day | 16 (6%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (4%) | 2 (3%) | 8 (13%) | 4 (17%) | |
| Once a week | 40 (16%) | 3 (6%) | 8 (14%) | 11 (18%) | 12 (20%) | 6 (25%) | |
| Once a month | 42 (17%) | 4 (8%) | 9 (16%) | 5 (8%) | 21 (34%) | 3 (13%) | |
| Never | 64 (25%) | 9 (18%) | 18 (32%) | 24 (39%) | 8 (13%) | 5 (21%) | |
| Pain in the past seven days | |||||||
| 93 (37%) | 4 (8%) | 19 (34%) | 22 (36%) | 34 (56%) | 14 (58%) | <0.001 | |
Note: Percentages may not add up to 100 due to rounding