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. 2015 Jul 16;56(6):1138–1145. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnv058

Table 2.

Proportion of Participants With Moderate to Severe Pain and New Pain

Location Percent (n) with moderate/severe/ very severe pain (N = 188) Percent (n) with new onseta of moderate/ severe/very severe pain (N = 92)
In hospital Worst pain in the last 5 days 85.1% (160) 76.1% (70)
Usual pain before hospital 51.1% (96)
Pain at discharge 37.8% (71) 28.3% (26)
In skilled nursing facility Pain at follow-up 53.2% (100) 43.5% (40)

Note: aNew onset of moderate to severe pain was defined when the patient’s self-reported, prehospital pain level (Question 1) was <5 and their current pain level at either hospital discharge or after SNF admission (Question 2) was ≥5.