Painful Memories: Reliability of Pain Intensity Recall at 3 Months in Senior Patients
Table 1
Characteristics of included and excluded patients.
Characteristics
Included patients ()
Excluded patients ()
Sig.
Age (%)
65–74
40.7
44.7
n.s.
75–84
44.6
38.9
≥85
14.7
16.4
Female (%)
72.8
68.6
n.s.
Ethnic group (%) Caucasian
94.3
91.4
n.s.
Education level (%)
High school or lower
55.7
59.3
n.s.
College or higher
44.3
40.7
Living alone (%)
38.5
35.5
n.s.
Adequate social support (%)
77.8
76.6
n.s.
Mechanism of injury (%)
Falls own height
63.6
66.2
n.s.
Falls more than own height
16.2
12.0
Motor vehicle accident
4.5
4.1
Others
15.6
17.7
Type of injury
Mild traumatic brain injury
18.2
18.5
n.s.
Contusions
45.4
45.5
n.s.
Lacerations
22.2
25.1
n.s.
Sprains
12.9
14.5
n.s.
Fractures
30.9
28.4
n.s.
Mean (SD) number of medications
4.6 (3.8)
4.5 (3.7)
n.s.
Mean (SD) number of comorbidities
4.5 (2.6)
4.3 (2.6)
n.s.
OARS
Baseline ADL: ≥13/14 (%)
100
100
n.s.
Baseline IADL: ≥13/14 (%)
75.9
72.0
n.s.
3-months ADL: ≥13/14 (%)
91.7
NA
3-months IADL: ≥13/14 (%)
79.8
NA
TICS
Baseline MCI ≤ 31 (%)
18.2
20.1
<0.01
Baseline dementia ≤ 27 (%)
10.7
17.9
3-months MCI ≤ 31 (%)
10.9
NA
3-month dementia ≤ 27 (%)
8.7
NA
Mean (SD) pain intensity at ED visit
5.5 (3.0)
5.6 (2.9)
n.s.
Mean (SD) pain intensity at baseline
4.4 (2.3)
4.8 (2.4)
n.s.
Patient with 1-pain score at baseline (%)
10.0
6.9
n.s.
Patient with 10-pain score at baseline (%)
2.3
3.6
n.s.
Mean (SD) pain intensity recall
5.6 (2.9)
NA
Mean (SD) pain intensity at 3 months
3.2 (2.6)
NA
Sig.: level of significance of Chi-square tests for categorical variables and of -tests for continuous variables; n.s.: nonsignificant; NA: not available; OARS: Older American Resources and Service; ADL: activities of daily living; IADL: instrumental activities of daily living; TICS: telephone interview for cognitive status; MCI: mild cognitive impairment.
