Table 6 –
Pain severity by location of primary pain complaints and by gender, age, and race (n=312)
Variable | All Complaints | Abdominal (n=40) |
Back (n=18) |
Chest (n=297) |
Generalized (n=19) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total Sample | 6.79 (3.06) | 7.33 (3.41) | 8.22 (1.80) | 6.44 (3.05) | 8.73 (2.05) |
Gender | |||||
Women (n=177) | 7.18 (2.83) | 7.77 (3.04) | 8.43 (1.79) | 6.79 (2.85) | 8.50 (2.35) |
Men (n=135) | 6.29 (3.28) | 6.50 (4.01) | 7.50 (1.91) | 6.04 (3.24) | 9.14 (1.46) |
Age | |||||
<65 years (n=220) | 6.93 (2.93) | 8.12 (2.57) | 8.08 (1.88) | 6.53 (2.98) | 9.09 (1.64) |
≥65 years (n=92) | 6.48 (3.37) | 5.86 (4.33) | 8.50 (1.76) | 6.20 (3.25) | 8.25 (2.55) |
Race (n=308)* | |||||
White (n=140) | 7.36 (2.37) | 8.09 (3.18) | 7.83 (1.83) | 6.98 (2.54) | 9.67 (0.71) |
Black (n=168) | 6.38 (3.29) | 6.39 (3.55) | 8.42 (1.83) | 6.06 (3.34) | 7.90 (2.51) |
Race calculated with only self-reported White and Black patients due to sample size