Research Article
Investigating the Burden of Chronic Pain: An Inflammatory and Metabolic Composite
Table 2
Pain dimensions: frequency, intensity, time, total pain sites, and chronic pain severity (FITT).
| | Pain dimensions | Category | Women | Men | Both |
| | Frequency% | <Daily | 44.5 | 45.4 | 44.8 | | Dichotomous split | Every day | 55.5 | 54.6 | 55.2 | | 0 = <daily/1 = daily | | | | |
| | Intensity% (NRS) | Mild pain (<4) | 17.9 | 31.0 | 23.0 | | Dichotomous split | Moderate pain (4–6) | 58.5 | 50.9 | 55.6 | | 0 = <5/1 = 5 | Severe pain (7–10) | 23.6 | 18.1 | 21.5 |
| | Time (duration)% | <1 year | 6.5 | 8.1 | 7.1 | | Dichotomous split | 1-2 years | 11.8 | 14.1 | 12.7 | | 0 = <10 years | 3–5 years | 19.6 | 21.7 | 20.4 | | 1 = >10 years | 6–10 years | 21.0 | 20.8 | 20.9 | | | 11–20 years | 25.4 | 19.0 | 22.9 | | | >20 years | 15.8 | 16.2 | 15.9 |
| | Total pain sites% | Single site | 15.1 | 27.8 | 19.9 | | Dichotomous split | 2-3 sites | 30.8 | 41.2 | 34.8 | | 1–3 sites = 0 | 4-5 sites | 26.1 | 20.6 | 24.0 | | 4–15 sites = 1 | 6–15 sites | 27.9 | 10.4 | 21.3 |
| | FITT% | 1 (4 low, 0 high) | 6.4 | 11.7 | 8.5 | | Combined splits | 2 (3 low, 1 high) | 18.9 | 27.6 | 22.3 | | | 3 (2 low, 2 high) | 30.5 | 32.6 | 31.3 | | | 4 (1 low, 3 high) | 28.5 | 20.8 | 25.5 | | | 5 (0 low, 4 high) | 15.7 | 7.2 | 12.3 |
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