Table 1 Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients related to physicians agreement for the existence of a NePC
From: Avoiding Catch-22: validating the PainDETECT in a population of patients with chronic pain
NePC | Absent | Present | Undetermined | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | n (%) | N | n (%) | N | n (%) | |
Mean (±SD) | Mean (±SD) | Mean (±SD) | ||||
Median [IQR] | Median [IQR] | Median [IQR] | ||||
Gender | 58 | 170 | 63 | |||
Male | 25 (43%) | 56 (33%) | 17 (27%) | |||
Female | 33 (57%) | 114 (67%) | 46 (73%) | |||
Age (Years) | 58 | 55 ± 12 | 170 | 56 ± 11 | 63 | 58 ± 13 |
Height (cm) | 55 | 172 ± 9 | 164 | 172 ± 8 | 62 | 170 ± 9 |
Weight (kg) | 55 | 84 ± 25 | 167 | 80 ± 17 | 62 | 80 ± 16 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 54 | 28 ± 8 | 164 | 27 ± 5 | 62 | 27 ± 5 |
Education | 56 | 164 | 63 | |||
Functional illiterate | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (3.3%) | |||
Primary education | 2 (3.6%) | 14 (8.5%) | 6 (9.8%) | |||
Secondary education | 32 (57.1%) | 98 (59.8%) | 38 (62.3%) | |||
Postgraduate | 22 (39.3%) | 52 (31.7%) | 15 (24.6%) | |||
Medication (% yes) | 55 | 31 (56.9%) | 168 | 111 (66.1%) | 61 | 35 (57.4%) |
Pain (NRS; 0–10) | ||||||
Current pain | 57 | 5 [3–7] | 167 | 6 [3–7] | 61 | 4 [1–7] |
Worst pain (past four weeks) | 57 | 8 [5–9] | 167 | 8 [7–9] | 61 | 7 [5–8] |
Average pain (past four weeks) | 57 | 6 [3.5–7] | 167 | 6 [5–8] | 61 | 6 [3–7] |
Duration of pain (months) | 57 | 72 ± 90 | 169 | 60 ± 76 | 62 | 49 ± 46 |
Quality of life | ||||||
Physical functioning | 58 | 57 ± 27 | 170 | 51 ± 25 | 62 | 55 ± 29 |
Role functioning physical | 58 | 43 ± 42 | 170 | 35 ± 41 | 61 | 41 ± 45 |
Role functioning emotional | 58 | 80 ± 35 | 169 | 70 ± 43 | 61 | 73 ± 42 |
Social functioning | 58 | 43 ± 14 | 170 | 44 ± 11 | 62 | 46 ± 10 |
Bodily pain | 58 | 55 ± 24 | 170 | 56 ± 25 | 62 | 46 ± 25 |
Mental health | 58 | 60 ± 6 | 170 | 61 ± 10 | 61 | 62 ± 7 |
Vitality | 58 | 51 ± 10 | 170 | 49 ± 12 | 61 | 50 ± 11 |
General health | 57 | 58 ± 14 | 165 | 57 ± 14 | 60 | 55 ± 12 |
Health change | 58 | 38 ± 24 | 170 | 40 ± 26 | 63 | 42 ± 27 |
Disability | ||||||
Total | 53 | 46 ± 27 | 158 | 48 ± 24 | 57 | 40 ± 26 |
Pain attribution | ||||||
Somatic | 53 | 5.2 ± 4.3 | 156 | 6.0 ± 4.0 | 58 | 5.2 ± 3.9 |
Psychological | 58 | 2.0 ± 2.9 | 164 | 2.2 ± 3.2 | 60 | 2.9 ± 3.0 |
Social | 57 | 1.6 ± 2.2 | 163 | 2.0 ± 2.6 | 61 | 2.4 ± 2.6 |
Anxiety disorder | 57 | 14 (24.6%) | 167 | 46 (27.5%) | 60 | 18 (30.0%) |
Depression | 57 | 14 (24.6%) | 166 | 46 (27.7%) | 61 | 11 (18.0%) |