Table 5 Association between Numeric Pain Rating Scale score and expected percentage relief (n = 204)
Pain score | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Relief % | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
0-25 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (20.0%) | 1 (6.7%) | 1 (4.5%) | 1 (2.4%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (1.8%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) |
25-50 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (20.0%) | 5 (22.7%) | 7 (31.8%) | 7 (20.0%) | 11 (20.0%) | 8 (44.4%) | 1 (10.0%) |
50-75 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (20.0%) | 4 (26.7%) | 7 (31.8%) | 15 (35.7%) | 9 (25.7%) | 14 (25.5%) | 3 (16.7%) | 5 (50.0%) |
75-100 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (20.0%) | 2 (13.3%) | 2 (9.1%) | 1 (2.4%) | 2 (5.7%) | 10 (18.2%) | 3 (16.7%) | 3 (30.0%) |
Unsure | 1 (100%) | 0 | 1 (100%) | 2 (40.0%) | 5 (33.3%) | 7 (31.8%) | 18 (42.9%) | 17 (48.6%) | 19 (34.5%) | 4 (22.2%) | 1 (10.0%) |
p = 0.270, Kendall’s tau = 0.086 | |||||||||||