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Table 2 Description of pain intensity in various ulcer diagnoses and the number of diagnoses

From: Leg ulcers in older people: a national study addressing variation in diagnosis, pain and sleep disturbance

 

Venous (n = 762)

Arterial (n = 184)

Venous-arterial (n = 162)

Other types (n = 698)

Lateral ulcer, One diagnosis (n = 1805)

Bilateral ulcers, different diagnoses (n = 18)

Pain (NRS) (%)

      

 0

50.4 (384)

27.2 (50)

38.9 (63)

54.9 (383)

48.8 (880)

29.4 (6)

 1

1.3 (10)

1.6 (3)

0.0 (0)

1.7 (12)

1.4 (25)

0.0 (0)

 2

2.9 (22)

4.3 (8)

3.1 (5)

4.6 (32)

3.7 (67)

0.0 (0)

 3

6.6 (50)

6.0 (11)

6.2 (10)

4.4 (31)

5.7 (102)

0.0 (0)

 4

7.3 (56)

6.5 (12)

4.9 (8)

4.9 (34)

6.1 (110)

0.0 (0)

 5

9.8 (75)

16.8 (31)

13.0 (21)

10.0 (70)

10.9 (197)

5.9 (1)

 6

3.9 (30)

6.5 (12)

8.6 (14)

3.6 (25)

4.5 (81)

5.9 (1)

 7

7.6 (58)

8.7 (16)

8.0 (13)

5.7 (40)

7.0 (127)

17.6 (3)

 8

5.6 (43)

9.2 (17)

8.6 (14)

5.4 (38)

6.1 (111)

23.5 (4)

 9

1.8 (14)

3.3 (6)

1.9 (3)

1.6 (11)

1.9 (34)

17.6 (3)

 10

2.6 (20)

9.8 (18)

6.8 (11)

3.2 (22)

3.9 (71)

0.0 (0)

Meana (SD)

5.45 (2.25)

6.04 (2.46)

6.07 (2.25)

5.42 (2.42)

5.59 (2.35)

7.58 (1.24)

  1. The number of individuals are presented within the brackets (n = 1823, missing = 1)
  2. aThe mean score on the NRS was calculated for those rating pain as 1 or higher. There were no significant differences with regard to pain intensity between ulcer types when tested by one-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post hoc test. There was a significant difference in pain intensity between the number of ulcers when assessed by the t-test, p = 0.003
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BMC Geriatrics

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