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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the study sample

From: Pain measurement in the older people: evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Geriatric Pain Measure (GPM-24) – Polish version

Sociodemographic characteristics

mean

SD

Age (years)

77.1

7.9

Gender

N

%

women

112

61.9

men

69

38.1

Education

N

%

primary

20

11.0

vocational

36

20.0

secondary

86

47.5

university

39

21.5

Place of residence

N

%

urban areas

127

70.2

countryside

54

29.8

Marital status

N

%

married

81

44.8

divorced or widowed

100

55.2

Financial situation

N

%

gets by

100

55.0

hardly gets by

81

45.0

Living arrangements

N

%

living alone

36

20.0

with a partner

36

20.0

with a family

109

60.0

 

mean

SD

Number of comorbidities

4.1

2.4

Geriatric Depression Scale – GDS − 15 (range 0–15)

6.7

2.8

Abbreviated Mental Test Score – AMTS (range 4–10)

8.4

1.6

Activities of Daily Living (ADL) by Katz (range 0–6)

5.0

1.4

Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (I-ADL) by Lawton

(range 0–27)

19.1

4.9

McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ)

sensory (S 1–10)

7.8

5.9

affective (A 11–15)

1.9

2.0

evaluation (E 16)

2.0

1.4

miscellaneous sensory (M/S 17–19)

1.9

1.8

miscellaneous affective/evaluation (M(AE) 20)

1.2

1.2

Present Pain Intensity (PPI)

3.3

0.6

Number of Words Chosen (NWC)

7.7

3.9

Pain Rating Index-Total (PRI-T)

17.91

8.6

Pain Rating Index-r (PRI r)

2.4

0.5

  1.  N - number of respondents; % - percentage of respondents; SD – standard deviation; GDS − 15: 1–15 points severe depression; 6–10 points moderate depression; 0–5 points no depression; AMTS: 0–3 points severe cognitive impairment; 4–6 points moderate cognitive impairment; 7–10 points normal condition; ADL by Katz: 0–2 points severe functional impairment; 3–4 points moderately disabled persons; 5–6 points, the activity is fully preserved; I-ADL by Lawton: The more points, the better the efficiency (complex)