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Table 4 Electronic and paper score by factor

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

  

Palm score

Paper record score

Difference a

p within

Randomization

Palm/Paper (n = 104)

3.13 (2.21)

3.02 (2.25)

0.115 (0.998)

0.315

 

Paper/Palm (n = 98)

3.29 (2.30)

3.24 (2.43)

0.041 (0.907)

0.825

 

p between

0.716

0.577

0.517

 

Preference

Preference Electronic (n = 159)

3.04 (2.11)

2.94 (2.18)

0.101 (1.001)

0.209

 

Preference Paper (n = 23)

4.00 (2.95)

4.09 (3.16)

-0.087 (0.733)

1.000

 

p between

0.159

0.136

0.375

 

Ward

Medicine (n = 36)

4.22 (2.07)

4.33 (2.11)

-0.111 (0.820)

0.688

 

Surgery (n = 166)

2.99 (2.23)

2.87 (2.30)

0.120 (0.977)

0.116

 

p between

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.169

 

Age (3 categories)

4-6 years (n = 60)

2.63 (2.10)

2.53 (2.24)

0.100 (0.933)

0.590

 

7-9 years (n = 66)

3.33 (2.39)

3.06 (2.36)

0.273 (1.046)

0.057

 

10-12 years (n = 76)

3.55 (2.18)

3.66 (2.30)

-0.105 (0.858)

0.432

 

p between

0.035 b

0.009 b

0.099

 

Sex

Female (n = 85)

3.51 (2.41)

3.27 (2.37)

0.235 (0.947)

0.037

 

Male (n = 117)

2.99 (2.11)

3.03 (2.31)

-0.034 (0.946)

0.811

 

p between

0.168

0.463

0.056

 

Analgesic treatment

None (n = 40)

3.03 (2.33)

3.00 (2.48)

0.300 (1.067)

0.156

 

Level 1 (n = 64)

2.63 (2.07)

2.44 (2.09)

0.188 (0.924)

0.180

 

Level 2 (n = 53)

3.47 (1.93)

3.58 (1.98)

-0.113 (0.993)

0.594

 

Level 3 (n = 45)

3.64 (2.64)

3.69 (2.70)

-0.044 (0.796)

1.000

 

p between

0.079

0.001 c

0.120

 
  1. aDifference equals electronic assessment minus paper assessment
  2. b4-6 years group significantly different from 10-12 years group
  3. cLevel 1 different from Level 2 and Level 3
  4. pwtihin : comparison to 0 (sign rank test)
  5. pbetween : Wilcoxon test
  6. * Analgesic levels: reference to the three step analgesic ladder of WHO