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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2021 Aug 31;240:192–198.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.08.071

Table 2:

Optimal cut points for differentiating categories of pain intensity in children

Categories of pain intensity being differentiated n Cut point1
(95% CI)		 Sensitivity
(95% CI)		 Specificity
(95% CI)		 AUC
(95% CI)
No pain, mild 209, 92 2 (2, 2) 0.80 (0.72, 0.88) 0.80 (0.75, 0.86) 0.88 (0.83, 0.91)
Mild, moderate 92, 115 6 (5, 6) 0.60 (0.55, 0.83) 0.82 (0.52, 0.86) 0.76 (0.69, 0.82)
Moderate, severe 115, 132 8 (8, 8) 0.80 (0.73, 0.87) 0.84 (0.78, 0.91) 0.87 (0.82, 0.91)
1

The cut point identified is the pain score that best differentiates (i.e. has the highest AUC) between adjacent categories of pain intensity (i.e. no pain and mild pain, mild and moderate pain, moderate and severe pain.