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. 2016 Aug 11;21(2):322–333. doi: 10.1002/ejp.926

Table 1.

Baseline co‐variables used for the prediction analysis

Variable Sub‐variable/category Unit All patients (N = 121)
1 Age (years) Mean/SD 58.7/10.9
2 Height Mean/SD 166.8/10.3
3 Weight Mean/SD 82.7/16.8
4 BMI Mean/SD 29.8/5.7
5 Pulse rate (beats/min) Mean/SD 73.6/9.3
6 Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) Mean/SD 135.6/14.9
7 Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) Mean/SD 81.1/8.5
8 Respiratory rate (×/min) Mean/SD 16.1/4.2
9 Gender Male N/% 77/63.6
Female 44/36.4
10 Concomitant disease Yes N/% 96/79.3
No 25/20.7
11 Surgical and medical procedures Yes N/% 69/57.0
No 52/43.0
12 Neurological signs for radiculopathy at examination Yes N/% 30/24.8
No 91/75.2
13 Musculoskeletal signs at examination Yes N/% 43/35.5
No 78/64.5
14 Pain Intensity Score (NRS‐3) Mean/SD 7.3/1.0
15 PainDETECT Questionnaire Score Mean/SD 15.5/7.6
16 PDQ‐Items BUR Mean/SD 2.0/1.7
17 PRI Mean/SD 2.1/1.7
18 ALD Mean/SD 1.3/1.5
19 ATT Mean/SD 2.7/1.5
20 TER Mean/SD 1.4/1.5
21 NMB Mean/SD 2.0/1.7
22 PRS Mean/SD 2.4/1.5
23 PDQ (categories) Unlikely N/% 41/36.0
Unclear 30/26.3
Likely 43/37.7
24 PDQ–Cluster1 Yes N/% 18/15.4
No 99/84.6
25 PDQ–Cluster2 Yes N/% 23/19.7
No 94/80.3
26 PDQ–Cluster3 Yes N/% 24/20.5
No 93/79.5
27 PDQ–Cluster4 Yes N/% 36/30.8
No 81/69.2
28 PDQ–Cluster5 Yes N/% 16/13.7
No 101/86.3
29 Subject's satisfaction with treatment Mean/SD 0.6/0.5
30 HADS‐Depression Scale Mean/SD 7.4/4.4
31 HADS‐Anxiety Scale Mean/SD 7.4/4.3
32 SQ‐Sleep Quality Score Mean/SD 2.8/0.8
33 SQ‐Wake up Mean/SD 2.8/1.8
34 SQ‐Sleep last night Mean/SD 362.1/100.4
35 SQ‐Bedtime last night Mean/SD 5.9/3.3
36 SF36 – Physical Functioning Mean/SD 37.9/21.4
37 SF36 – Role Physical Mean/SD 22.5/35.7
38 SF36 – Bodily Pain Mean/SD 27.6/15.6
39 SF36 – General Health Mean/SD 45.7/18.4
40 SF36 – Vitality Mean/SD 38.9/20.6
41 SF36 – Social Functioning Mean/SD 57.3/28.9
42 SF36 – Role Emotional Mean/SD 46.8/46.4
43 SF36 – Mental Health Mean/SD 55.8/20.5
44 SF36 PCS Mean/SD 32.5/7.7
45 SF36 MCS Mean/SD 42.0/12.3
46 EQ5D‐VAS Mean/SD 51.9/20.5

NRS‐3, Pain Intensity Score in the last three days; SQ, Sleep Evaluation Questionnaire; SF 36, Short Form 36 Health Survey; EQ5D VAS, EuroQol‐Health State Today; HADS, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; PDQ, painDETECT questionnaire; PD‐Q clusters, subgroups of patients based on different painDETECT symptom profiles according to Förster et al. (2013) and Baron et al. (2012).

Patients who had available baseline data and who started with a titration of the treatment and could be followed up during the titration and maintenance period of the trial.