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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Apr 2001	34	34	15
May 2001	45	53	4
Jun 2001	26	29	0
Jul 2001	2	3	0
Aug 2001	10	8	1
Sep 2001	4	13	10
Oct 2001	5	7	1
Nov 2001	5	9	0
Dec 2001	5	10	1
Jan 2002	6	7	1
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
Mar 2003	5	12	3
Apr 2003	4	4	3
May 2003	6	8	5
Jun 2003	4	9	5
Jul 2003	10	40	0
Aug 2003	21	17	6
Sep 2003	40	17	6
Oct 2003	43	39	13
Nov 2003	46	22	6
Dec 2003	41	14	8
Jan 2004	53	22	9
Feb 2004	49	21	2
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Apr 2004	36	16	7
May 2004	57	38	7
Jun 2004	51	48	5
Jul 2004	47	49	11
Aug 2004	40	35	14
Sep 2004	75	52	29
Oct 2004	110	95	49
Nov 2004	88	201	71
Dec 2004	68	180	45
Jan 2005	107	284	66
Feb 2005	113	226	46
Mar 2005	108	241	83
Apr 2005	125	269	74
May 2005	94	312	56
Jun 2005	78	267	56
Jul 2005	68	201	40
Aug 2005	48	224	57
Sep 2005	83	140	47
Oct 2005	149	278	65
Nov 2005	132	303	77
Dec 2005	78	227	58
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Apr 2006	135	392	80
May 2006	136	408	96
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Aug 2006	127	287	80
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Oct 2006	117	481	125
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Oct 2007	247	90	57
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Sep 2008	242	46	106
Oct 2008	190	59	35
Nov 2008	176	28	22
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Oct 2010	227	61	31
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Oct 2011	187	48	29
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Apr 2012	102	123	110
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Sep 2012	109	98	59
Oct 2012	140	104	51
Nov 2012	127	116	50
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Sep 2013	104	170	37
Oct 2013	106	142	43
Nov 2013	155	163	53
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Oct 2014	124	188	47
Nov 2014	135	191	50
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Feb 2015	102	114	48
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Apr 2015	191	114	54
May 2015	159	127	43
Jun 2015	125	126	34
Jul 2015	116	106	31
Aug 2015	100	107	20
Sep 2015	147	163	52
Oct 2015	102	123	34
Nov 2015	98	133	35
Dec 2015	102	120	48
Jan 2016	118	117	29
Feb 2016	137	124	48
Mar 2016	151	120	56
Apr 2016	166	138	61
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Jun 2016	167	154	35
Jul 2016	103	120	28
Aug 2016	91	102	31
Sep 2016	119	93	35
Oct 2016	117	125	41
Nov 2016	167	136	53
Dec 2016	143	117	49
Jan 2017	147	138	56
Feb 2017	110	84	49
Mar 2017	126	104	55
Apr 2017	131	160	61
May 2017	138	124	62
Jun 2017	124	97	58
Jul 2017	140	68	49
Aug 2017	218	65	53
Sep 2017	319	111	39
Oct 2017	356	155	32
Nov 2017	366	124	56
Dec 2017	275	95	51
Jan 2018	434	196	63
Feb 2018	400	180	61
Mar 2018	551	222	73
Apr 2018	534	224	79
May 2018	425	201	69
Jun 2018	397	189	48
Jul 2018	317	159	68
Aug 2018	340	204	73
Sep 2018	413	230	93
Oct 2018	456	250	122
Nov 2018	446	222	124
Dec 2018	406	210	86
Jan 2019	386	170	91
Feb 2019	279	168	81
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
Oct 2019	297	164	86
Nov 2019	334	146	90
Dec 2019	381	202	69
Jan 2020	345	175	61
Feb 2020	309	181	62
Mar 2020	348	200	83
Apr 2020	321	178	117
May 2020	298	170	100
Jun 2020	262	136	60
Jul 2020	214	146	38
Aug 2020	244	138	42
Sep 2020	319	155	91
Oct 2020	345	175	93
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Jan 2021	365	201	112
Feb 2021	368	180	86
Mar 2021	317	121	71
Apr 2021	318	119	79
May 2021	187	117	62
Jun 2021	118	118	49
Jul 2021	109	109	85
Aug 2021	189	189	84
Sep 2021	259	260	90
Oct 2021	414	279	138
Nov 2021	417	269	77
Dec 2021	362	256	88
Jan 2022	563	469	96
Feb 2022	443	346	106
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
Total	61723	42172	14906

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