Neuropathic and nociceptive pain in head and neck cancer patients receiving radiation therapy

Table 2 Pain measures at baseline

Variable	Category	Frequency (n)	%	Mean	SD	Min/Max
Pain expectation	Worse than expected	18	15
	The same as expected	28	23
	Not as bad as expected	65	59
Satisfied with Pain Level	No	36	29
	Yes	80	65
	Missing	8	7
Current pain (0–5)				1.51	1.01	0–5
Worst pain (0–5)				3.03	1.26	0–5
Least pain (0–5)				0.76	0.74	0–3
Number of pain sites				2.1	2.2	0–16
Pain Rating Index	Sensory			9.1	7.3	0–34
	Affective			1.0	1.7	0–8
	Evaluative			1.2	1.5	0–5
	Miscellaneous			2.1	2.9	0–15
	Total			13.5	11.3	0–58
Number of Words Chosen				5.9	4.1	0–20
Pain Pattern	Continuous	41	33.1%
	Intermittent	18	14.5%
	Brief	2	1.6%
	Continuous/Intermittent	16	12.9%
	Continuous/Brief	2	1.6%
	Intermittent/Brief	26	21%
	Continuous/Intermittent/Brief	11	8.9%
	Missing	8	6.4%