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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 19.
Published in final edited form as: J Nurs Home Res Sci. 2019 Jul 1;5:40–48. doi: 10.14283/jnhrs.2019.8

Table 4.

Characteristics of Pain for Residents Reporting Pain Stratified by Depression/Anxiety Disorder (N = 151,283)

Pain Assessment Item Depression & Anxiety Disorder
(n = 40,910)
Depression without Anxiety Disorder
(n = 78,310)
Anxiety Disorder without Depression
(n = 32,063)
Percentage
Pain frequency
 Almost constantly 15.4 12.8 13.5
 Frequently 38.2 35.3 36.9
 Occasionally 38.8 43.0 41.2
 Rarely 5.9 7.5 6.6
 Unable to answer 1.6 1.3 1.7
Effect of pain on functioning
 Pain has made it hard to sleep at night 29.8 25.2 28.5
 Day-to-day activities have been limited because of pain 40.2 37.3 38.1
Pain intensity of worst pain in prior 5 days
 Mild 21.1 23.2 22.0
 Moderate 44.1 45.6 45.0
 Severe 24.8 22.9 23.5
 Very severe, horrible 9.9 8.1 9.4
Pain management
 Combination 62.9 59.8 61.6
 Scheduled only 6.2 6.5 5.0
 pro re nata only 25.2 26.4 27.6
 Non-medication intervention only 1.0 1.3 1.0
 No management 4.7 6.0 4.8

Missing: frequency: n = 2,391; affects sleep: n = 2,528; affects daily activities: n = 2,996; intensity: n = 3,694; management: n = 633.