Research Article
Patient–Physician Differences in Desired Characteristics of NSAID Plasters: An Online Survey
Table 4
Patient survey: extent of pain improvement by site (%).
| | Site | Neck | Shoulder | Arm | Hand/wrist | Upper back | Lower back | Hip joint | Knee | Foot/ankle | Other |
| | Total | 148 | 242 | 89 | 96 | 89 | 340 | 53 | 159 | 83 | 3 | | Pain disappeared almost completely (%) | 23 (15.5) | 32 (13.2) | 12 (13.5) | 11 (11.5) | 17 (19.1) | 51 (15.0) | 10 (18.9) | 24 (15.1) | 14 (16.9) | — | | Pain improved, but still slightly remains (%) | 84 (56.8) | 156 (64.5) | 55 (61.8) | 66 (68.8) | 54 (60.7) | 222 (65.3) | 32 (60.4) | 99 (62.3) | 50 (60.2) | 2 (66.7) | | Pain largely unchanged (%) | 41 (27.7) | 54 (22.3) | 22 (24.7) | 19 (19.8) | 18 (20.2) | 67 (19.7) | 11 (20.8) | 36 (22.6) | 19 (22.9) | 1 (33.3) |
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The majority of patients reported some improvement, while the rates of unchanged patients were high in neck and arm pain.
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