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. 2020 Nov 18;20:455. doi: 10.1186/s12886-020-01733-1

Table 3.

Comparison of Ocular Pain Assessment Survey results between the central-dominant and peripheral-dominant sensitization groups

Types of sensitization
Central (N = 17) Peripheral (N = 16) p-value
Ocular and non-ocular pain
 Pain severity (0–60) 36.71 ± 11.48 25.06 ± 11.21 < 0.001
 Pain other than the eyes (0–10) 6.12 ± 3.12 3.81 ± 2.90 0.04
 Time spent thinking about non-eye pain (0–1) 0.56 ± 0.35 0.27 ± 0.26 0.01
Quality of life
 Reading 7.50 ± 1.73 5.33 ± 3.08 0.25
 Driving 6.83 ± 2.17 4.43 ± 3.31 0.11
 Walking 4.31 ± 3.68 3.00 ± 2.08 0.27
 Mood 6.23 ± 2.98 3.57 ± 3.41 0.11
 Sleep 3.23 ± 3.06 3.71 ± 3.87 0.36
 Social activity 5.69 ± 2.78 2.71 ± 3.04 0.20
Aggravating factors (0–1)
 Mechanical stimuli 0.53 ± 0.32 0.47 ± 0.39 0.35
 Chemical stimuli 0.55 ± 0.37 0.36 ± 0.34 0.85
Associated factors (0–1)
 Redness 0.28 ± 0.22 0.44 ± 0.45 0.84
 Burning sensation 0.73 ± 0.34 0.43 ± 0.32 0.01
 Photophobia 0.72 ± 0.23 0.43 ± 0.39 0.59
 Tearing 0.67 ± 0.33 0.27 ± 0.29 0.74

Data presented as mean ± SD.