Table 5 Categories used to classify individual pain patterns by visual analysis
Possible categories describing the entire course by visual analysis | Individuals in each subgroup, n, (%) | Total number of pain days in each subgroup, mean (sd) | Percentage with short duration the previous year |
|---|---|---|---|
Improved-Mainly recovered | 25 (12) | 8.92 (6.01) | 76 |
Improved-Stays in the category | 64 (30) | 26.83 (14.65) | 33 |
Improved-Fluctuating | 23 (11) | 37.43 (21.17) | 30 |
Improved-Moves towards mainly worsened | 2 (1) | 95.00 (11.31) | 0 |
Unchanged-Mainly recovered | 13 (6) | 5.54 (5.68) | 54 |
Unchanged-Moves towards mainly improved | 18 (8) | 38.11 (21.81) | 50 |
Unchanged-Stays in the category | 10 (5) | 45.60 (51.21) | 33 |
Unchanged-Fluctuating | 40 (19) | 51.28 (30.95) | 38 |
Unchanged-Moves towards mainly worsened | 2 (1) | 84.00 (29.70) | 0 |
Worsened-Mainly recovered | 1 (0.5) | 12 | 0 |
Worsened-Moves towards mainly improved | 2 (1) | 37.5 (17.68) | 50 |
Worsened-Fluctuating | 13 (6) | 55.00 (20.29) | 0 |
Worsened-Stays in the category | 2 (1) | 111.5 (17.68) | 50 |