Table 3.

Factors that impact general practitioners’ and patients’ expectation of the time needed for pain resolution

Expected time for pain resolution	Factors that might influence the physicians' expected time for resolution			Factors that might influence the patients' expected time for resolution
	Visits to PCU	Pain understanding	Medical tests	Patient's age	Radiological exams
< 1 year	5 (5); n = 128	10 (2); n = 128	2 (2); n = 128	62 (20); n = 111	1 (2); n = 111
> 1 year	8 (9); n = 86	9 (3); n = 86	3 (2); n = 86	60 (21); n = 62	2 (2); n = 62
NIR	6 (6); n = 364	9 (2); n = 364	2 (3); n = 364	63 (19); n = 405	1 (2); n = 405
Kruskal–Wallis corrected for multiple comparisons using Šidák
< 1 vs. > 1	p = 0.001	p = 0.010	p = 0.001	NS	p = 0.027
> 1 vs. NIR	NS	NS	p = 0.017	NS	NS
NIR vs. < 1	p = 0.011	p = 0.044	NS	NS	NS

A significance level of α = 0.05 was considered

NIR no immediate resolution, NS not significant, PCU primary care unit