Table 2.
Pain characteristics
| McGill Pain Questionnaire components | Patients with CPSP n = 29 |
|---|---|
| Start of pain | |
| Acute | 10 (34.5%) |
| Slowly | 16 (55.2%) |
| Unknown | 3 (10.3%) |
| Course of pain experience | |
| Pain attacks, with pain‐free moments | 11 (37.9%) |
| Continuous, differing in severity | 14 (48.3%) |
| Continuous, stable severity | 2 (6.9%) |
| VAS, general (0‐100) | 20 ± 22 |
| VAS, least pain (0‐100) | 9 ± 11 |
| VAS, worst pain (0‐100) | 45 ± 28 |
| Localization of pain | |
| Flank | 11 (25.0%) |
| Groin | 8 (18.2%) |
| Suprapubic region | 7 (15.9%) |
| Lower back | 6 (13.6%) |
| Upper back | 4 (9.1%) |
| Extremities | 3 (6.8%) |
| Upper abdomen | 2 (4.5%) |
| Other (scrotum, shoulders, head) | 3 (6.8%) |
| Referred pain present | 7 (24.1%) |
| Pain intensity | |
| NWC‐S (0 to 12 words) | 3.34 ± 2.91 |
| NWC‐A (0 to 5 words) | 0.90 ± 1.24 |
| NWC‐E (0 to 3 words) | 1.97 ± 1.18 |
| NWC‐T (0 to 20 words) | 6.21 ± 4.58 |
| PRI‐S (0 to 36) | 5.69 ± 5.63 |
| PRI‐A (0 to 15) | 1.28 ± 1.81 |
| PRI‐E (0 to 12) | 3.24 ± 2.59 |
| PRI‐T (0 to 63) | 10.21 ± 9.06 |
Categorical variables are presented as n (%); continuous variables are presented as mean ± SD.
CPSP, chronic postsurgical pain; VAS, visual analogue scale; NWC‐S, Number of Words Chosen of the sensory scale; NWC‐A, NWC of the affective scale; NWC‐E, NWC of the evaluative scale; NWC‐T, total NWC; PRI‐S, Pain‐Rating Index of the sensory scale; PRI‐A, PRI of the affective scale; PRI‐E, PRI of the evaluative scale; PRI‐T, total PRI.