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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pain Manag Nurs. 2022 Dec 21;24(1):27–34. doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2022.11.001

Table 1 -. Demographics and Self-report Pain Scores.

Female, male, and total sample demographics and self-report pain scores are described in Table 1. Self-report pain scores were given to participants on the Numeric Rating Scale (NRS), a standardized pain intensity assessment (mild: 1–3; moderate: 4–6; severe: 7–10) (Krebs et al., 2007) on a scale of 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain imaginable).

Demographics
Males
n=7
Females
n=25
Total
n=32
Age (years): mean (SD) 15.0 (1.3)
Range: 14–17
13.6 (1.7)
Range: 10–16
13.9 (1.7)
Range: 10–17
Race White, n = 6
Black, n = 1
Asian, n = 0
White, n = 22
Black, n = 2
Asian, n = 1
White, n = 28
Black, n = 3
Asian, n = 1
Self-report numeric pain score: scale 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain)
Presurgical: Mean (SD) 0.9 (1.2)*
Range: 0 to 3
2.4 (2.5)*
Range: 0 to 8
2.1 (2.4)
Range: 0 to 8
4–6 months post-surgical: Mean (SD) 0.9 (1.6)
Range 0 to 4
2.0 (2.1)
Range: 0 to 7
1.7 (2.1)
Range: 0 to 7
*

Indicates p < 0.05 between self-report pain scores.