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Table 1 Characteristics of the study people with musculoskeletal pain (n = 308)

From: Does the painDETECT questionnaire identify impaired conditioned pain modulation in people with musculoskeletal pain? – a diagnostic accuracy study

Characteristics

Values (n = 308)

Sex (female), n (%)

220 (71.4%)

Age (years), mean (SD)

52.2 (± 15.0)

Weight (kg), mean (SD)

73.3 (± 16.6)

Height (meters), mean (SD)

1.6 (± 0.1)

Body Mass Index (Kg/m2), mean (SD)

27.8 (± 13.1)

Private Health Insurance, yes, n (%)

71 (23.0%)

Physical Activity, yes, n (%)

159 (51.6%)

Pain characteristics

 Pain intensity at the moment, mean (SD)

5.8 (± 2.4)

 Strongest pain level in the last 4 weeks, mean (SD)

8.0 (± 2.0)

 Pain level on average in the last 4 weeks, mean (SD

6.6 (± 2.2)

 Pain duration (months), mean (SD)

66.7 (± 100.7)

Pain intensity, mean (SD)

 Final painDETECT score, mean (SD)

11.9 (± 7.7)

 Nociceptive pain (0–12), n (%)

173 (56.1%)

 Unclear (13-18), n (%)

69 (22.4%)

 Neuropathic-like symptoms (≥ 19), n (%)

66 (21.4%)

 Cold pressor test, impaired, n (%)

60 (19.4%)

  1. Data are presented as mean (SD) for continuous variables and as frequency counts (%) for categorical variables