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 | |||
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Males n=7 |
Females n=25 |
Total n=32 |
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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.