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Table 3 Pain prevalence, effect on sleep and activities and the highest recorded pain intensity

From: Pain in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy – a cross-sectional register study of 3545 individuals

Item

Response

N (%)

Do you, or anyone close to you, experience that you are in pain?

Yes

1505 (44.0)

No

1918 (56.0)

Total

3423

Has pain affected your daily activities in the last four weeks?

Yes

641 (61.0)

No

409 (39.0)

Total

1050

How much has pain affected your daily activities in the last four weeks?

Not at all

409 (39.0)

Mildly

355 (33.8)

Moderately

183 (17.4)

Quite a bit

66 (6.3)

Considerably

37 (3.5)

Total

1050

Has pain affected your sleep in the last four weeks?

Yes

371 (35.7)

No

669 (64.3)

Total

1040

How much has pain affected your sleep in the last four weeks?

Not at all

669 (64.3)

Mildly

175 (16.8)

Moderately

119 (11.4)

Quite a bit

53 (5.1)

Considerably

24 (2.3)

Total

1040

Highest level of pain intensity recorded at any pain site

None

1918 (63.2)

Mild

486 (16.0)

Moderate

449 (14.8)

Severe

183 (6.0)

Total

3036