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Table 1 Sociodemographic and medical characteristics of the patients (N = 277) in relation to the number of BTcP

From: Prevalence and characteristics of breakthrough cancer pain in an outpatient clinic in a Catalan teaching hospital: incorporation of the Edmonton Classification System for Cancer pain into the diagnostic algorithm

 

Total

(n = 277)

BTcP

p b

BTcP (1 type)

N = 138

BTcP (> 1 type)

N = 139

Age (years)a

68.2 ± 13

70.4 ± 13

66 ± 12

0.002

Gender (men) (%)

67.9

73.2

62.6

0.059

Civil Status (%)

   

0.854

 Married/couple

71.1

69.6

72.7

 

 Single

6.5

5.8

7.2

 

 Separated/divorced

7.6

8

7.2

 

 Widowed

10.8

11.6

10.1

 

 Missing

4

5.1

2.9

 

Type tumor (%)

   

0.508

 Lung

31

31.2

30.9

 

 Upper digestive

19.9

21

18.7

 

 Lower digestive

19.1

18.8

19.4

 

 Ear-Nose and Throat

8.7

10

7.2

 

 Genitourinary male

8.7

6.5

10.8

 

 Genitourinary female

4

2.2

5.8

 

 Other

8.7

10.1

7.2

 

Metastatic disease (%)

83

75.4

90.6

0.001

Pfeiffer Testa

0.8 ± 1

0.9 ± 1

0.6 ± 1

0.068

Barthel Testa

87 ± 17

87 ± 18

87 ± 15

0.409

PPSv2 Testa

64 ± 12

64 ± 12

63 ± 11

0.131

Pain features

    

 Addictive

29.2

34.8

23.7

0.043

 Psychological

40.8

34.1

47.5

0.023

Number of BTcP typesa

1.75 ± 0.9

   
  1. amean ± standard deviation
  2. bComparison between groups with the χ2 test and for continuous variables with the Mann-Whitney test
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