Women had higher
average pain scores than men: 6.8 versus 6.1, on a scale of 0 to 10.
They found that on average, the mothers who received doula support had less anxiety and lower
average pain scores during labor.
And
their average pain score on a scale of zero (no pain) to 10 (the worst pain imaginable) was five.
In the 24 hours following surgery, researchers found
the average pain score reported by participants taking painkillers was 5 out of 10.
In a 2004 study, a group of people with osteoarthritis who took both glucosamine and MSM, dropped
their average pain score from 1.7 to 0.36 — an astounding reduction of 79 %!
Not exact matches
A greater obesity level was associated with worse
pain at baseline but greater postoperative
pain relief, with
average postoperative
pain scores at six months similar across the BMI levels.
The rodents showed significantly fewer signs of
pain (an
average of a 36 % lower
score on the grimace scale) when a male researcher was in the room than when a female researcher — or no researcher at all — was there.
A
pain intensity
score was calculated by
averaging three ratings for
pain intensity (current
pain,
average pain, and worst
pain in the past 6 months) each on a scale from «0» (no
pain) to «10» (worst imaginable
pain).
The mean
pain intensity
score on a Likert scale ranging from 0 to 10 was 7.30 (SD = 1.51) and the
average disability in ICPs was 7.23 (SD = 1.09).