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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 4.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2015 Jul 22;63(8):1503–1511. doi: 10.1111/jgs.13536

Table 3.

Pain According to Level of Impairment in Performance-Based Cognition Testing and Reporting Status

Pain Impairment in 1 Domain
Impairment in 2 Domains
Impairment in 3 Domains
Unable to Complete Testing
Self, n = 34 Proxy, n = 28 Self, n = 265 Proxy, n = 43 Self, n = 96 Proxy, n = 136 Self, n = 0 Proxy, n = 197
Bothersome 20 (64.2) 18 (67.7) 167 (62.5) 21 (48.3) 63 (62.7) 88 (63.9) 0 (0.0) 132 (67.5)
Activity limiting 13 (37.9) 16 (55.7) 105 (39.3) 16 (38.0) 46 (43.3) 60 (42.8) 0 (0.0) 97 (49.0)

The three domains included in the cognitive testing were memory, orientation, and executive functioning. Impairment was defined as 1.5 standard deviations or more below the mean score for each domain. Reported data incorporated with the complex survey design (analytical weights).