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Association between pre-procedural distress and self-reported pain by age group
| Self-reported procedural pain | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age groups | Pre-procedural distress | n | median (IQR) | Wilcoxon Mann Whitney p-value |
| Adolescents | Yes | 50 | 5 (3–7) | 0.01 |
| No | 13 | 1 (0–4) | ||
| Older children | Yes | 43 | 5 (3–8) | 0.002 |
| No | 5 | 0 (0–0) | ||
| Younger children | Yes | 23 | 7 (2–8) | 0.4 |
| No | 2 | 3.5 (2–5) | ||
