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Table 1 Pain symptoms measured by the pain section of the Nottingham Health Profile (NHP) in a sample (n = 350)a of Dutch nursing home patients at baseline and after six months.

From: Pain among nursing home patients in the Netherlands: prevalence, course, clinical correlates, recognition and analgesic treatment – an observational cohort study

 

baseline n (%)

six months n (%)

Nightly pain

75 (34.7%)

68 (31.5%)

  

(38 (50.7%) persistent)b

Unbearable pain

29 (13.4%)

34 (15.7%)

  

(17 (58.6%) persistent)

Pain when changing position

88 (40.7%)

83 (38.4%)

  

(57 (64.8%) persistent)

Pain when walking

45 (20.8%)

44 (20.4%)

  

(23 (51.1%) persistent)

Pain when standing

49 (22.7%)

41 (19.0%)

  

(17 (34.7%) persistent)

Constant pain

50 (23.1%)

47 (21.8%)

  

(33 (66.0%) persistent)

Pain when stair climbing

7 (3.2%)

3 (1.4%)

  

(1 (14.3%) persistent)

Pain when sitting

89 (41.2%)

66 (30.6%)

  

(44 (49.4%) persistent)

  1. a Data pain section NHP at baseline and after six months available for 216 patients.
  2. b The number (%) of patients in whom after six months the symptom still is present
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