Table 2.

Frequency and Percentage of Verbal Descriptors (Gracely Scales) Reporting Affective Responses or Unpleasantness of Pain for PSDs 1 Through 3 for Cryotherapy Subjects (N = 51), Topical Minocycline Subjects (N = 63), and Comparison Subjects (N = 92) (N = 206)

	PSD 1				PSD 2				PSD 3
	Desirable	Acceptable	Undesirable	Total	Desirable	Acceptable	Undesirable	Total	Desirable	Acceptable	Undesirable	Total
Cryotherapy
subjects	35 (69%)	16 (31%)	0 (0%)	51 (100%)	38 (76%)	9 (16%)	4 (8%)	51 (100%)	40 (78%)	9 (18%)	2 (4%)	51 (100%)
Minocycline
subjects	41 (64%)	21 (34%)	1 (2%)	63 (100%)	47 (73%)	14 (23%)	2 (3%)	63 (100%)	52 (81%)	8 (14%)	3 (5%)	63 (100%)
Comparison
subjects	54 (59%)	28 (30%)	10 (11%)	92 (100%)	62 (67%)	18 (20%)	12 (13%)	92 (100%)	63 (71%)	16 (18%)	10 (11%)	89 (100%)

NOTE. Data are given as n (%). The small number of subjects who reported verbal descriptors for the highest pain scores precluded adequate multivariate statistical analyses. For the Gracely scales, the affective words “very distressing,” “intolerable,” and “very intolerable” were categorized as “clinically undesirable.” The affective words “slightly distressing,” “very unpleasant,” “distressing,” “very annoying,” and “slightly intolerable” were categorized as “clinically acceptable.” The affective words “neutral,” “slightly unpleasant,” “slightly annoying,” “unpleasant,” and “annoying” were considered “clinically desirable.”

Gelesko et al. Cryotherapy/Minocycline for Pain Control. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2011.