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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Care. 2015 Nov;53(11):948–953. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000430

Table 3.

Pain score changes by gender.

Abdominal Pain Fracture Pain
Measure Men Women P value* Men Women P Value**
First pain score,
Mean (SD)		 7.45
(2.60)		 7.58
(3.30)		 0.945 6.73
(2.69)		 6.91
(2.67)		 0.02
Pain score at 360
minutes after triage,
Mean (SD)		 4.35
(3.39)		 4.64
(3.33)		 0.210 5.38
(2.98)		 5.37
(3.10)		 0.636
Reduction in pain
score in the first
360 minutes of ED
visit, Mean (SD)		 2.93
(3.45)		 2.77
(3.42)		 0.210 1.30
(2.66)		 1.45
(2.72)		 0.569
*

Adjusted for race, age, gender, Charlson Comorbidity Index, triage acuity, the first recorded pain score, the number of medications patients were taking prior to the ED visit, and the type of abdominal pain. GEE were used for multivariable analysis.

**

Adjusted for race, age, gender, Charlson Comorbidity Index, triage acuity, the first recorded pain score, the number of medications patients were taking prior to the ED visit, and the type of Fracture. GEE were used for multivariable analysis.