The Verbal Rating Scale Is Reliable for Assessment of Postoperative Pain in Hip Fracture Patients

Table 4

Distribution of sOMC scores.

sOMC score	Frequency	Percent
0–7 (severe cognitive impairment)	14	13
8–17 (significant cognitive impairment)	25	23
18–28 (no cognitive impairment)	71	64
Total	110	100

Originally the stratification of sOMC scores is based on error scores [10]. To facilitate understanding the intervals are adjusted to the scoring format used [9].