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Table 1 Patients characteristics grouped by pain type

From: Accuracy of the painDETECT screening questionnaire for detection of neuropathic components in hospital-based patients with orofacial pain: a prospective cohort study

Patient characteristics

Neuropathic (n = 72)

Non-neuropathic (n = 137)

Mixed (n = 42)

Mean age in years (± SD)

54.0 ± 13.1

42.6 ± 15.6

51.1 ± 15.0

Female (%)

51 (70.8)

107 (78.1)

33 (78.6)

Secondary clinical diagnosis (%)

23 (31.9)

34 (24.8)

17 (40.5)

Anxiety or depressiona (%)

12 (16.7)

29 (21.2)

7 (16.7)

Anxiety only

5

12

6

Depression only

5

10

0

Both anxiety and depression

2

7

1

  1. a: Anxiety or depression as determined by HADS scores