Research Article
Patient–Physician Differences in Desired Characteristics of NSAID Plasters: An Online Survey
Table 2
Patient survey: pain site by gender and age group (multiple responses allowed).
| | Site of pain | Total | Male | Female | Young (20–44) | Middle-aged (45–59) | Elderly (60–89) |
| | Neck | 227 (37.8%) | 107 (35.7%) | 120 (40.0%) | 97 (48.5%) | 69 (34.5%) | 61 (30.5%) | | Shoulder | 348 (58.0%) | 160 (53.3%) | 188 (62.7%) | 118 (59.0%) | 125 (62.5%) | 105 (52.5%) | | Arm | 127 (21.2%) | 57 (19.0%) | 70 (23.3%) | 47 (23.5%) | 45 (22.5%) | 35 (17.5%) | | Hand/wrist | 153 (25.5%) | 67 (23.3%) | 86 (28.7%) | 57 (28.5%) | 50 (25.5%) | 46 (23.0%) | | Upper back | 158 (26.3%) | 76 (25.3%) | 82 (27.3%) | 66 (33.0%) | 54 (27.0%) | 38 (19.0%) | | Lower back | 410 (68.3%) | 207 (69.0%) | 203 (67.7%) | 146 (73.0%) | 124 (62.0%) | 140 (70.0%) | | Hip (joint) | 98 (16.3%) | 40 (13.3%) | 58 (19.3%) | 36 (18.0%) | 32 (16.0%) | 30 (15.0%) | | Knee | 229 (38.2%) | 100 (33.3%) | 129 (43.0%) | 61 (30.5%) | 70 (35.0%) | 98 (49.0%) | | Foot/ankle | 132 (22.0%) | 62 (20.7%) | 70 (23.3%) | 52 (26.0%) | 40 (20.0%) | 40 (20.0%) | | Other | 3 (0.5%) | 2 (0.7%) | 1 (0.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.5%) | 2 (1.0%) | | Total | 600 | 300 | 300 | 200 | 200 | 200 |
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Incidence of knee pain increased with advancing age group, while neck pain decreased. Women had a higher incidence of shoulder and knee pain.
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