Table 3. . Characteristic of daily pain.
| Good group (n = 118) |
Poor group (n = 103) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Pain at rest | |||
| + | 77 (65%) | 79 (77%) | |
| − | 41 (35%) | 24 (23%) | |
| Pain during motion | |||
| + | 61 (52%) | 53 (51%) | |
| − | 57 (48%) | 50 (49%) | |
| Painful to the touch | |||
| + | 14 (12%) | 16 (16%) | |
| − | 104 (88%) | 87 (84%) | |
| Pain changing with the weather | |||
| + | 91 (77%) | 77 (75%) | |
| − | 27 (23%) | 26 (25%) | |
| Painful at night | * | ||
| + | 25 (21%) | 36 (35%) | |
| − | 93 (79%) | 67 (65%) | |
| Painful in the morning | * | ||
| + | 33 (28%) | 17 (17%) | |
| − | 85 (72%) | 86 (83%) | |
| Pain reduced in daytime | |||
| + | 11 ( 9%) | 6 ( 6%) | |
| − | 107 (91%) | 97 (94%) | |
| Pain unaltered during day | |||
| + | 45 (38%) | 47 (46%) | |
| − | 73 (62%) | 56 (54%) | |
| Pain changing during day | |||
| + | 55 (47%) | 46 (45%) | |
| − | 63 (53%) | 57 (55%) |
Data for paint at rest, pain during motion, painful to the touch, pain changing with the weather, painful at night, painful in the morning, pain reduced in daytime, pain unaltered during day, and pain changing during day are shown as numbers and percentages (in parentheses) of patients who replied subjectively with “yes.” These data were analyzed by the χ2 test. The significance level is less than 5%. *: Different between good and poor groups. There were significantly fewer patients reporting painful at night in the good outcome group than the poor outcome group. There were significantly more patients reporting painful in the morning in the good outcome group than the poor outcome group. There were no significant differences for the other characteristics between the outcome groups.