Table 2 Pain medication use and pain scores, stratified for presence of thoracic pain

Pain medication use

Total group (n = 67)

Patients with thoracic pain (n = 36)

Patients without thoracic pain (n = 31)

p-value

Patients using pain medication

26 (38.8 %)

10 (27.8 %)

16 (51.6 %)

0.08

Paracetamol

15 (22.4 %)

7 (19.4 %)

8 (25.8 %)

0.74

NSAID

10 (14.9 %)

3 (8.3 %)

7 (22.6 %)

0.20

Mild opioids

1 (1.5 %)

1 (2.8 %)

0 (0.0 %)

1.0

Strong opioids

3 (4.5 %)

1 (2.8 %)

2 (6.5 %)

0.89

Pain scores

Total group (n = 55)

Patients with thoracic pain (n = 36)

Patients with other than thoracic pain (n = 19)

p-value

NRS, current pain, points

1.9 (2.8)

1.9 (2.9)

1.9 (2.6)

0.97

NRS, pain last week, points

3.4 (3.1)

2.9 (3.0)

4.4 (3.0)

0.08

NRS, min. bothering pain, points

1.1 (1.8)

1.2 (2.0)

0.9 (1.3)

0.96^a

NRS, max. bothering pain, points

7.1 (1.8)

7.0 (1.8)

7.3 (1.8)

0.61