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Table 9 Means and mean rank sums for the domain on pain—Comparison between ICU survivors and controls at the time of completing the questionnaire

From: Long-term health-related quality of life and burden of disease after intensive care: development of a patient-reported outcome measure

 

Issues

Mean

Mean rank sum

p-value

ICU

Survivors

Controls

ICU

Survivors

Controls

Pain1

Headaches

1.85

1.73

288.44

281.10

0.585

Pain2

Finding normal touch bothersome

1.32

1.11

295.22

263.18

0.000

Pain3

General body pain

2.15

1.72

297.42

252.66

0.001

Pain4

Shoulder pain

2.29

1.92

296.63

263.25

0.014

Pain5

Arm pain

1.78

1.52

291.89

271.15

0.083

Pain6

Hand pain

1.67

1.40

294.48

267.39

0.017

Pain7

Back pain

2.57

2.16

295.79

264.91

0.027

Pain8

Chest pain

1.56

1.23

300.36

254.37

0.000

Pain9

Abdominal pain

1.74

1.36

299.65

254.35

0.000

Pain10

Leg pain

2.27

1.68

303.53

248.04

0.000

Pain11

Foot pain

2.09

1.48

304.52

246.06

0.000

Pain12

Pain stopping planned activity

2.12

1.46

309.61

240.04

0.000

Pain13

Painkillers to manage ADL

2.11

1.57

298.77

260.60

0.002

Pain14

Painkillers for sufficient sleep

1.88

1.32

302.72

251.32

0.000

Pain15

Pain makes going to sleep difficult

2.03

1.45

302.65

249.80

0.000

Pain16

Woken by pain

1.90

1.51

297.88

259.31

0.002

Pain17

Pain affecting QoL

2.74

1.98

257.81

182.52

0.000

Pain18

Worrying about pain

2.30

1.66

305.36

246.40

0.000