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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2021 Dec 28;37(5):427–436. doi: 10.1097/JCN.0000000000000878

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