Research Article
Translation, Cross-Cultural Adaptation, and Validation of the Pain Sensitivity Questionnaire in Dutch Healthy Volunteers
Table 2
Characteristics of the participants.
| | | Total | Male | Female | | n | | | n | | n | | | 394 | | | 178 | (45.2%) | 216 | (54.8%) |
| | Age (year) | | | | | | | | | 18–28 | | | | 90 | 50.6 | 137 | 63.4 | | 29–38 | | | | 48 | 27.0 | 55 | 25.5 | | 39–48 | | | | 22 | 12.4 | 10 | 4.6 | | 49–58 | | | | 8 | 4.5 | 5 | 2.3 | | 59–68 | | | | 1 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.5 | | Missing | | | | 9 | 5.1 | 8 | 3.7 |
| | PSQ-minor (mean ± SD) | | 2.8 | (±1.3) | | | | | | PSQ-moderate (mean ± SD) | | 5.3 | (±1.5) | | | | | | PSQ-total (mean ± SD) | | 4.1 | (±1.3) | | | | |
| | EPT (mA, median, IQR) | 132 | 21.1 | (15.0 – 27.1) | | | | | | NRS-EPT (median, IQR) | | 7.0 | (6.0 – 8.0) | | | | |
| | PPT (N, median, IQR) | 262 | 59.4 | (41.6 – 92.2) | | | | | | NRS-PPT (median, IQR) | | 3.0 | (2.0 – 5.0) | | | | |
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SD: standard deviation; mA: milliampere; n: number of participants; EPT: electrical pain tolerance; PPT: pressure pain threshold; SD: standard deviation; NRS: numerical rating scale; IQR: interquartile range; N: Newton.
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