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Differences between intensity of pain (NRS) and pain threshold in the sample distinguished by nocebo response.
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Patients with nocebo response (n = 37) |
Patients without nocebo response (n = 49) |
t value | P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| xM | sD | xM | sD | |||
| NRS | 8.08 | 1.65 | 6.98 | 1.96 | 2.75 | 0.007 |
| Cold pain threshold (sec) | 14.75 | 11.90 | 27.22 | 30.49 | 2.18 | 0.032 |
NRS: numerical rating scale; Nocebo response: when a sum (∑) of mean of pain rating scoring of each of the 5 steps is > 0.
