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Table 2 Patients' characteristics according to preference

From: Electronic and paper versions of a faces pain intensity scale: concordance and preference in hospitalized children

  

Preference Electronic

Preference Paper

Total

p-value a

  

(N = 159)

(N = 23)

(N = 182)

 

Sex

     
 

Female

69 (92.0%)

6 (8.0%)

75 (100.0%)

0.173

 

Male

90 (84.1%)

17 (15.9%)

107 (100.0%)

 

Age (3 categories)

     
 

4-6 years

45 (81.8%)

10 (18.2%)

55 (100.0%)

0.238

 

7-9 years

58 (92.1%)

5 (7.9%)

63 (100.0%)

 
 

10-12 years

56 (87.5%)

8 (12.5%)

64 (100.0%)

 

Ward where the patient was hospitalized

   
 

Medecine

30 (85.7%)

5 (14.3%)

35 (100.0%)

0.778

 

Surgery

129 (87.8%)

18 (12.2%)

147 (100.0%)

 

Analgesic levels *

     
 

No

30 (85.7%)

5 (14.3%)

35 (100.0%)

0.959

 

Level 1

49 (86.0%)

8 (14.0%)

57 (100.0%)

 
 

Level 2

43 (89.6%)

5 (10.4%)

48 (100.0%)

 
 

Level 3

37 (88.1%)

5 (11.9%)

42 (100.0%)

 

Analgesic treatment before assessment

   
 

Yes

129 (87.8%)

18 (12.2%)

147 (100.0%)

0.778

 

No

30 (85.7%)

5 (14.3%)

35 (100.0%)

 
  1. aFisher's exact test
  2. * Analgesic levels: reference to the three step analgesic ladder of WHO