Effects of the Intervention “Reflective STRENGTH-Giving Dialogues” for Older Adults Living with Long-Term Pain: A Pilot Study

Table 2

Background characteristics and baseline pain level for the reflective STRENGTH-giving dialogue intervention group and the control group.

	Intervention group (STRENGTH) (n = 18)	Control group (n = 12)
	n	n
Gender
Female	13	8
Male	5	4
Age (yr) Md
74	3	3
75–84	9	4
85+	6	5
Marital status
Married	3	2
Widowed	11	10
Divorced	2
Single	2
Living situation
Single	15	10
Cohabiting	3	2
Baseline self-reported level of pain latest 24 h (BPI-SF^a)
Worse pain Md	8	7
Least pain Md	3	2
Average pain Md	5	4

^aPain intensity was measured with the Brief Pain Inventory-Short Form 0 to 10 scale with 0, no pain, and 10, pain as bad as you can imagine.