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Table 3 Associations of sleep disturbances, leg ulcer diagnosis, the number of ulcers and pain intensity in percentages

From: Leg ulcers in older people: a national study addressing variation in diagnosis, pain and sleep disturbance

 

Sleep disturbances

No sleep disturbances

P-value

Leg ulcer diagnosisa

  

<0.001

 Venous

38.0 (237)

47.0 (208)

 

 Arterial

17.7 (110)

8.1 (36)

 

 Venous-arterial

13.2 (82)

7.2 (32)

 

 Other types

31.1 (194)

37.7 (167)

 

Number of ulcers

  

0.510

 One

88.7 (563)

90.1 (401)

 

 Bilateral

11.3 (72)

9.9 (44)

 

Number of diagnoses

  

0.105b

 One

98.3 (623)

99.6 (443)

 

 Two

1.7 (11)

0.4 (2)

 

Pain (NRS)

  

<0.001

 0

6.1 (39)

23.0 (102)

 

 1

0 (0)

5.6 (25)

 

 2

2.0 (13)

12.2 (54)

 

 3

5.8 (37)

14.6 (65)

 

 4

8.0 (51)

13.3 (59)

 

 5

19.1 (121)

17.3 (77)

 

 6

9.6 (61)

4.7 (21)

 

 7

16.9 (107)

5.2 (23)

 

 8

16.7 (106)

2.3 (10)

 

 9

5.4 (34)

0.7 (3)

 

 10

10.4 (66)

1.1 (5)

 
  1. The number of individuals is within the brackets
  2. a The participants with bilateral ulcers of different diagnoses were excluded, n = 18
  3. b Analysed by chi-square using a continuity correction