Table 4.
Pain scores of the disease groups before and after the COVID-19 outbreak
| Time | CSP (n = 394) | PHN (n = 74) | CRPS (n = 96) | Two or more diagnoses (n = 22) | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before COVID-19 | Mean | 5.82 | 6.25 | 7.00 | 5.61 | < 0.001 |
| SD | 2.09 | 1.87 | 1.72 | 2.09 | ||
| 95% CI | 5.61 to 6.03 | 5.81 to 6.68 | 6.65 to 7.35 | 5.61 to 6.03 | ||
| After COVID-19 | Mean | 5.18 | 5.29 | 7.26 | 5.33 | < 0.001 |
| SD | 2.07 | 2.31 | 2.03 | 2.71 | ||
| 95% CI | 4.97 to 5.38 | 4.77 to 5.81 | 6.85 to 7.67 | 4.15 to 6.50 |
COVID-19: coronavirus disease 2019, CSP: chronic spinal pain, PHN: post-herpetic neuralgia, CRPS: complex regional pain syndrome, SD: standard deviation, CI: confidence interval.