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Table 4 Prescribed analgesics – descriptive statistics and group differences

From: Pain treatment for nursing home residents differs according to cognitive state – a cross-sectional study

Prescribed analgesics

 

Descriptive statistics

Group differences

Groups

All

CUSa

CI-Vb

CI-NVc

CUS vs. CI-V

CUS vs. CI-NV

CI-V vs. CI-NV

     

Diff % (±FR)

Diff % (±FR)

Diff % (±FR)

Sum of analgesics (PP and PRN) (Mean ± SD)

2.11 ± 1.64

2.32 ± 1.63

1.90 ± 1.62

1.66 ± 1.61

0.4 (±0.35) *

0.7 (±0.45) **

0.3 (±0.5) n.s.

At least one analgesic (PP and PRN) (%)

83.0

87.0

78.3

76.6

−8.7 (±8.7) *

−10,4 (±11.2) *

−1.7 (±12.8) n.s.

At least one analgesic (PP) (%)

52.0

58.0

48.7

36.0

9.3 (±11.0) n.s.

22.0 (±13.4) **

12.7 (±15.0) n.s.

At least one analgesic (PRN) (%)

68.8

72.3

64.3

64.1

−8.0 (±10.4) n.s.

−8.2 (±13.1) n.s.

−0.2 % (14.7) n.s.

  1. **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05, n.s. not significant, Diff Group difference, FR Fluctuation range of 95 % confidence interval
  2. a cognitively unimpaired/slightly impaired, b cognitively moderately to severely impaired, verbally communicating, c cognitively moderately to severely impaired, not verbally communicating