The minimum clinically significant difference in visual analogue scale pain score does not differ with severity of pain

A-M Kelly

doi:10.1136/emj.18.3.205

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The minimum clinically significant difference in visual analogue scale pain score does not differ with severity of pain

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Aug 2001	10	8	1
Sep 2001	4	13	10
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Dec 2001	5	10	1
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Feb 2002	3	13	0
Mar 2002	5	9	1
Apr 2002	3	6	0
May 2002	5	11	3
Jun 2002	6	7	1
Jul 2002	2	6	0
Aug 2002	1	6	0
Sep 2002	3	6	0
Oct 2002	10	15	0
Nov 2002	2	19	4
Dec 2002	6	8	3
Jan 2003	3	7	1
Feb 2003	9	9	0
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Apr 2003	4	4	3
May 2003	6	8	5
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Jul 2003	10	40	0
Aug 2003	21	17	6
Sep 2003	40	17	6
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Jan 2004	53	22	9
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May 2004	57	38	7
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Jul 2004	47	49	11
Aug 2004	40	35	14
Sep 2004	75	52	29
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Feb 2017	110	84	49
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Apr 2017	131	160	61
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Nov 2017	366	124	56
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Feb 2018	400	180	61
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Apr 2018	534	224	79
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Jul 2018	317	159	68
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Sep 2018	413	230	93
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Nov 2018	446	222	124
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Jan 2019	386	170	91
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Mar 2019	351	174	87
Apr 2019	363	175	101
May 2019	328	168	122
Jun 2019	262	162	43
Jul 2019	241	160	57
Aug 2019	273	174	49
Sep 2019	256	148	54
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Jul 2021	109	109	85
Aug 2021	189	189	84
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Mar 2022	530	350	136
Apr 2022	531	411	139
May 2022	544	385	152
Jun 2022	448	310	98
Jul 2022	366	255	68
Aug 2022	523	374	83
Sep 2022	489	362	92
Oct 2022	543	423	119
Nov 2022	580	409	93
Dec 2022	420	320	74
Jan 2023	472	381	97
Feb 2023	505	408	104
Mar 2023	605	478	116
Apr 2023	593	452	110
May 2023	529	414	95
Jun 2023	522	390	89
Jul 2023	467	356	78
Aug 2023	514	404	77
Sep 2023	511	428	69
Oct 2023	600	441	86
Nov 2023	546	414	83
Dec 2023	1080	136	27
Jan 2024	527	52	19
Feb 2024	674	32	15
Mar 2024	978	58	20
Apr 2024	797	41	15
May 2024	960	29	14
Jun 2024	779	24	7
Jul 2024	650	40	13
Aug 2024	665	28	12
Sep 2024	671	23	6
Oct 2024	799	27	17
Nov 2024	737	32	14
Total	63259	42231	14937

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