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Table 3 Characteristics of patients according to pain status

From: Acute pain in the prehospital setting: a register-based study of 41.241 patients

 

Moderate to severe paina, b

 

Yes

No

No information

Agec

54.4 (54.0–54.8)

61.4 (61.1–61.8)

58.7 (58.2–59.1)

P = 0.02

Male sexb

46.9 (45.9–47.8)

53.4 (52.7–54.2)

51.9 (51.0–52.7)

P = 0.001

Comorbidityb

 0

54.8 (53.9–55.7)

40.8 (40.0–41.5)

43.7 (42.9–44.5)

 

 1

15.9 (15.2–16.6)

20.1 (19.5–20.7)

18.3 (19.5–20.7)

 

 2

11.1 (10.5–11.7)

13.4 (12.9–13.9)

13.4 (12.8–13.9)

 

 3+

18.2 (17.4–18.8)

25.7 (25.0–26.4)

24.6 (23.9–25.4)

P = 0.001

30 day mortalityb

2.8 (2.5–3.1)

4.4 (4.1–4.7)

5.8 (5.4–6.2)

P = 0.0001

112 emergency callb

50.7 (49.7–51.6)

47.0 (46.2–47.8)

52.2 (51.3–53.0)

P = 0.001

  1. aModerate to severe pain defined as a numeric rating scale ≥ 4; or “moderate” pain or higher registered on a 4-point verbal rating scale upon initial patient triage
  2. bGiven as proportions (%) with 95% confidence intervals
  3. cGiven as mean with 95% confidence intervals