Table 3.
Pain characteristics not included in the meta‐analysis
| Author(s), Year Sample size | Measures | Pain intensity | Pain quality | Pain pattern | Pain interference |
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| Morell et al, 199834 N = 233 | SF‐MPQ |
Pain rating index (mean): Sensory (0‐33): 9.1 Affective (0‐12): 2.0 Number of words chosen (0‐15): 5.5 |
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| Cameron et al, 200540 N = 35 | VRS (6 items) MPQ modified version |
Percentage of sample reporting graded pain intensity: None: 14.3% Mild: 36.4% Uncomfortable: 20.2% Distressing: 11.3% Horrible: 14.5% Excruciating: 3.3% |
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| Benigni et al, 200741 N = 33 | VRS (minor, moderate, intense, very intense) |
Percentage of sample reporting graded pain intensity: Minor: 18% (n = 6) Moderate: 37% (n = 12) Intense: 40% (n = 13) Very intense: 6% (n = 2) |
Percentage of sample reporting various degrees of spontaneous pain at baseline: Absent: 10% (n = 4) Minor: 19% (n = 4) Moderate: 38% (n = 16) Intense: 33% (n = 14) Experience of previous treatment with compression bandages: 81% (n = 33) had experienced pain, which was “intense” in 40% (n = 13) |
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| Closs et al, 200863 N = 79 | NRS (0‐5) MPQ |
Average rating of pain intensity (median): Average pain = 1 Worst pain = 2 Least pain = 0,5 Pain now = 0 |
MPQ pain rating index (mean ± SD): 17 ± 5 Number of words chosen (mean ± SD): 7 ± 5 Percentage of patients using the following pain sensory pain descriptors: Itchy: 50% Tender: 43% Throbbing 37% Burning: 33% Stinging: 33% |
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| Wong et al, 201247 N = 321 | BPI | Pain interference (mean ± SD): 3.3 ± 2.5 | |||
| Eusen et al, 201664 N = 81 | DN4 | Percentage of sample having neuropathic pain: 57.1% | |||
| Goto et al, 201661 N = 13 | SF‐MPQ2 |
Scores on the SF‐MPQ‐2 scale (median and interquartile range): Continuous pain: 18.5 (6.5–30.0) Intermittent pain: 11.5 (0.0–28.5) Neuropathic pain: 13.5 (3.0–22.3) Affective descriptors: 0.0 (0.0–10.0) Total pain score: 54.0 (13.3–78.5) |
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| Hellström et al, 201662 N = 763 | 38% of those reporting pain also reported pain interference with sleep | ||||
| Salome and Ferreira (2018)15 N = 90 |
MPQ NPS classified as: absence (0), mild (0–3), moderate (4–6), intense (7–10), pain |
Moderate pain: 53.3% Intense pain: 46.7% Percentages of descriptors used (MPQ): None: 8.9% Sensory: 60% Affective: 51.1% Evaluative: 27.8% Miscellaneous: 32.2% |
Abbreviations: BPI, Brief pain inventory, DN4, DN4 Questionnaire (neuropathic pain questionnaire); MPQ, McGill Pain; NRS, Numeric Rating Scale, SF‐MPQ2, Short form McGill Pain Questionnaire‐2, VRS, Verbal Rating Scale.