Table 3.
Characteristics of patients according to pain status
| Moderate to severe paina, b | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | No information | ||
| Agec | 54.4 (54.0–54.8) | 61.4 (61.1–61.8) | 58.7 (58.2–59.1) | P = 0.02 |
| Male sexb | 46.9 (45.9–47.8) | 53.4 (52.7–54.2) | 51.9 (51.0–52.7) | P = 0.001 |
| Comorbidityb | ||||
| 0 | 54.8 (53.9–55.7) | 40.8 (40.0–41.5) | 43.7 (42.9–44.5) | |
| 1 | 15.9 (15.2–16.6) | 20.1 (19.5–20.7) | 18.3 (19.5–20.7) | |
| 2 | 11.1 (10.5–11.7) | 13.4 (12.9–13.9) | 13.4 (12.8–13.9) | |
| 3+ | 18.2 (17.4–18.8) | 25.7 (25.0–26.4) | 24.6 (23.9–25.4) | P = 0.001 |
| 30 day mortalityb | 2.8 (2.5–3.1) | 4.4 (4.1–4.7) | 5.8 (5.4–6.2) | P = 0.0001 |
| 112 emergency callb | 50.7 (49.7–51.6) | 47.0 (46.2–47.8) | 52.2 (51.3–53.0) | P = 0.001 |
aModerate to severe pain defined as a numeric rating scale ≥ 4; or “moderate” pain or higher registered on a 4-point verbal rating scale upon initial patient triage
bGiven as proportions (%) with 95% confidence intervals
cGiven as mean with 95% confidence intervals