Table 3.
Distribution of the soldiers (n = 73) according to pain score (1 = “no pain; 5 = maximum possible pain) assigned to each of the 17 photographs of painful conditions presented to them. Variance, median and range are provided.
| Likert-Type Scale | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Painful Conditions | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Variance | Median | Range |
| Open fracture of the tibia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 0 | 5 | 5–5 |
| Articular capsule wound | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 65 | 0.09 | 5 | 4–5 |
| Laminitis with hoof loss | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 69 | 0.16 | 5 | 3–5 |
| Saddle sore | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 66 | 0.17 | 5 | 3–5 |
| Septic arthritis | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 66 | 0.20 | 5 | 3–5 |
| Subsolar abscess | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 57 | 0.31 | 5 | 3–5 |
| Mastitis | 0 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 52 | 0.43 | 5 | 2–5 |
| Fetlock rope burn | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 53 | 0.43 | 5 | 3–5 |
| Evisceration | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 61 | 0.57 | 5 | 1–5 |
| Cannon and pastern rope burn wound | 0 | 1 | 14 | 20 | 38 | 0.69 | 5 | 2–5 |
| Saddle sore | 1 | 1 | 14 | 27 | 30 | 0.77 | 4 | 1–5 |
| Castration | 1 | 1 | 12 | 20 | 39 | 0.79 | 5 | 1–5 |
| Hackamore burn wound | 1 | 13 | 31 | 12 | 16 | 1.13 | 3 | 1–5 |
| Pectoral burn wound | 1 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 33 | 1.17 | 4 | 1–5 |
| Poor trimming and shoeing | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 36 | 1.27 | 4 | 1–5 |
| Dermatophilosis | 21 | 12 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 1.36 | 3 | 1–5 |
| Hoof overgrowth | 2 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 29 | 1.37 | 4 | 1–5 |