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Table 1 Demographic and clinical data of the study participants

From: A modified score to identify and discriminate neuropathic pain: a study on the German version of the neuropathic pain symptom inventory (NPSI)

Clinical and demographic data

 

Diagnosis

 
 

NP

OA

H

all

N

68

93

76

237

mean age

59.1 ± 13.0

60.5 ± 12.4

49.7 ± 14.7

56.6 ± 14.1

(range)

(26-85)

(22-83)

(20-83)

(20-85)

Sex (%women)

35.3

52.2

55.4

48.3

mean pain intensity on a numeric 0-10 - pain scale (SD)

    

current pain

4.9 (2.8)

5.5 (2.8)

4.1 (3.0)

4.9 (2.9)

maximal pain intensity in the past 4 weeks

8.1 (1.8)

6.8 (2.6)

7.8 (2.2)

7.5 (2.3)

average pain intensity in the past 4 weeks

6.1 (2.1)

6.2 (2.6)

5.3 (2.3)

5.9 (2.4)

Diagnosis

  

N (%)

 
  

CES-D≥23

CES-D <23

all

NP

 

25 (42)

34 (58)

68 (29)

 

central pain

  

8 (11)

 

nerve injury pain

  

10 (15)

 

peripheral neuropathy

  

50 (74)

OA

 

15 (18)

70 (82)

93 (39)

 

gonarthritis

  

39 (42)

 

coxarthritis

  

26 (28)

 

others

  

28 (30)

H

 

30 (41)

44 (59)

76 (32)

 

migraine

  

58 (76)

 

tension headache

  

18 (24)

all

 

70 (30)

148 (70)

237 (100)

  1. NP: Neuropathic pain; OA: osteoarthritis; H: headache; depr: depressive