Characteristics of highly impaired children with severe chronic pain: a 5-year retrospective study on 2249 pediatric pain patients

Table 1 Main location of pain

Main pain location	Total sample		0–3 years		4–6 years		7–10 years		11–14 years		≥15 years		Girls		Boys
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Head	1541	69.0	12	30.0	94	69.1	465	73.8	644	68.7	326	66.8	923	68.0	618	70.5
Abdomen	364	16.3	3	7.5	18	13.2	102	16.2	176	18.8	65	13.3	210	15.5	154	17.6
Back / extremities	295	13.2	23	57.5	24	17.6	56	8.9	106	11.4	85	17.4	201	14.8	94	10.8
Other^*	32	1.4	2	5.0	-	-	7	1.1	11	1.2	12	2.5	23	1.7	9	1.0
Total	2232	100	40	100	136	100	630	100	938	100	488	100	1357	100	876	100
Number of pain locations > 2	409	18.2	14	35.9	22	16.2	116	18.4	148	15.8	109	22.2	288	21.2	121	13.8

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