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Table 2 Pain assessment

From: Pain assessment and management of adult patients in the Swedish EMS: a nationwide registry study

 

All % (n)

Mena % (n)

Womena % (n)

p valueb

Age < 70 yearsc% (n)

Age ≥ 70 yearsd % (n)

p valueb

All

100.0 (393,245)

100.0 (181,501)

100.0 (211,744)

 

100.0 (191,421)

100.0 (203,279)

 

Recorded pain intensity

22.5 (88,899)

23.6 (42,857)

21.6 (45,842)

< 0.001

23.5 (45,031)

21.6 (43,868)

< 0.001

Pain intensity reduction during EMS missione

26.2 (23,304)

26.1 (11,196)

26.3 (12,051)

0.579

28.8 (12,988)

23.5 (10,316)

< 0.001

NRS 0–4

42.6 (37,891)

45.1 (19,313)

40.3 (18,496)

< 0.001

35.5 (16,001)

49.9 (21,890)

< 0.001

NRS 5–10

57.4 (51,008)

54.9 (23,544)

59.7 (27,346)

 

64.5 (29,030)

50.1 (21,978)

 
  1. aMissing data on patient sex in 200 cases, bChi2, c < median age, d ≥ median age, eamong patients with pain intensity recorded at least once