Table 3.
Chest Pain Characteristics at Time 1 and Time 2.
| Demographic Variable | Time 1 Frequency (Percentage) | Time 2 Frequency (Percentage) |
|---|---|---|
| How long have you had chest pain? | ||
| 7 days or less | 29 (15%) | N/A* |
| More than 7 days/less than one month | 8 (4%) | N/A* |
| 1 month – 6 months | 49 (26%) | N/A* |
| 6 months – 1 year | 29 (15%) | N/A* |
| > 1 year | 76 (40%) | N/A* |
| N | 188 | N/A* |
| How long do your chest pain episodes usually last? | ||
| A few seconds | 31 (17%) | 13 (20%) |
| Less than 5 minutes | 41 (22%) | 19 (30%) |
| 5 – 20 minutes | 47 (25%) | 18 (29%) |
| 21 – 60 minutes | 18 (10%) | 5 (8%) |
| More than one hour | 20 (11%) | 2 (3%) |
| About half the day | 11 (6%) | 3 (5%) |
| All day or longer | 15 (8%) | 2 (3%) |
| The pain is continuous, it does not stop | 5 (3%) | 2 (3%) |
| n | 188 | 64 |
| How often do you experience chest pain? | ||
| Several times per day | 19 (10%) | 3 (4%) |
| Less than daily (every other day) | 19 (10%) | 6 (9%) |
| About daily | 19 (10%) | 6 (9%) |
| About weekly | 42 (22%) | 18 (26%) |
| About monthly | 37 (19%) | 16 (23%) |
| Never or rarely | 58 (30%) | 21 (30%) |
| N | 194 | 70 |
Total percentages not equal to 100 are due to rounding.
*
Since data at Time 2 was collected one year following Time 1 (when all participants endorsed chest pain), all participants at follow-up would have had at least a one-year history of (a) chest pain episode(s).