Table 2.
Back pain cohort
| No. | % | Results | No. | Mean | SD | No. | Mean | SD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | 6 | Local anesthetic | 2 | |||||||
| Female | 2 | 33 | All | 6 | Effective | 2 | ||||
| Male | 4 | 67 | Prescore (NRS) | 8.0 | 1.8 | Precore (NRS) | 8.0 | 1.4 | ||
| Postscore (NRS) | 3.7 | 1.6 | Postscore (NRS) | 2.5 | 0.7 | |||||
| Cancer | 6 | Relief, % | 55 | 18 | Relief, % | 69 | 16 | |||
| GI | 1 | 17 | Relief, wk | 9.2 | 12.3 | Relief, wk | 21.0 | 15.6 | ||
| GYN | 1 | 17 | Ineffective | 0 | ||||||
| Neurologic | 1 | 17 | Local anesthetic | 2 | Prescore (NRS) | – | – | |||
| Osteogenic | 1 | 17 | Prescore (NRS) | 8.0 | 1.4 | Postscore (NRS) | – | – | ||
| Soft tissue | 1 | 17 | Postscore (NRS) | 2.5 | 0.7 | Relief, % | – | – | ||
| Urologic | 1 | 17 | Relief, % | 69 | 16 | Relief, wk | – | – | ||
| Relief, wk | 21.0 | 15.6 | ||||||||
| Level | 6 | Local anesthetic + steroid | 4 | |||||||
| L2 | 2 | 33 | Local anesthetic + steroid | 4 | Effective | 2 | ||||
| L3 | 4 | 67 | Prescore (NRS) | 8.0 | 2.2 | Prescore (NRS) | 9.5 | 0.7 | ||
| Postscore (NRS) | 4.3 | 1.7 | Postscore (NRS) | 4.5 | 0.7 | |||||
| Outcome | 6 | Relief, % | 48 | 16 | Relief, % | 53 | 4 | |||
| Effective | 4 | 67 | Relief, wk | 3.3 | 5.8 | Relief, wk | 6.1 | 8.3 | ||
| Ineffective | 2 | 33 | Ineffective | 2 | ||||||
| Prescore (NRS) | 6.5 | 2.1 | ||||||||
| Postscore (NRS) | 4.0 | 2.8 | ||||||||
| Relief, % | 43 | 25 | ||||||||
| Relief, wk | 0.5 | 0.7 |
Effective relief was defined as ≥30% relief for one or more days.
GI = gastrointestinal; GYN = gynecological; NRS = numerical rating scale.