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Table 1 Demographic data of pain patients.

From: Lack of interchangeability between visual analogue and verbal rating pain scales: a cross sectional description of pain etiology groups

 

Pain etiology group

  
 

Chronic/idiopathic, n = 30 (women, n = 13)

Nociceptive, n = 31 (women, n = 15)

Neuropathic, n = 19 (women, n = 8)

Age, mean (SD), years

42.8 (10.6)

40.0 (14.2)

47.3 (12.7)

Duration of pain, months, n (%)

   

0–3

 

8 (26)

1 (5)

4–6

 

6 (19)

 

7–12

 

5 (16)

3 (16)

> 12

30 (100)

12 (39)

15 (79)

Patients prescribed with analgesics, n (%)

26 (87)

3 (10)

17 (89)

Patients consuming analgesics the day of assessments, n (%)

11 (37)

3 (10)

14 (74)