Factors Affecting Pain Scale Preferences among Populations in Indonesia: Comparison Study between Suburban and Rural Areas

Table 1.

Demographic Data and Assessment ofUnderstanding with Score Preferences

  Suburban Rural

Total (N=261) 144 (55.17%) 117 (44.83%)

Age    

 20-29 years 25 (17.36%) 20 (17.09%)

 30-39 years 28 (19.44%) 23 (19.66%)

 40-49 years 29 (20.14%) 25 (21.37%)

 50-59 years 32 (22.22%) 27 (23.08%)

>=60 years 30 (20.84%) 22 (18.81%)

Gender    

 Male 63 (43.75%) 54 (46.15%)

 Female 81 (56.25%) 63 (53.85%)

Occupation    

 Fieldwork 31 (21.53%) 20 (17.09%)

 Office 25 (17.36%) 23 (19.66%)

 Housewives 35 (24.30%) 27 (23.08%)

 Unemployed 33 (22.92%) 20 (17.09%)

 Others 20 (13.89%) 27 (23.08%)

Last Education    

 Primary school 23 (15.97%) 25 (21.37%)

 Elementary school 35 (24.31%) 23 (19.66%)

 High school 40 (27.78%) 26 (22.22%)

 Bachelor/Masters/PhD 26 (18.06%) 23 (19.66%)

 No educational degree 20 (13.89%) 20 (17.09%)

Diagnosis    

 LBP (Low back pain) 70 (48.61%) 59 (50.43%)

 Non LBP 74 (51.39%) 58 (49.57%)

Score - PFS-R    

 Score 0 (Do not understand) 15 (17.36%) 10 (8.55%)

 Score 1 (Understand with repetition) 34 (30.56%) 25 (21.37%)

 Score 2 (Comprehend) 65 (52.08%) 82 (70.09%)

Score - VRS    

 Score 0 (Do not understand) 32 (22.22%) 14 (11.97%)

 Score 1 (Understand with repetition) 44 (30.56%) 37 (31.62%)

 Score 2 (Comprehend) 68 (47.22%) 66 (56.41%)

Score - VAS    

 Score 0 (Do not understand) 21 (14.58%) 46 (39.32%)

 Score 1 (Understand with repetition) 37 (25.69%) 41 (35.04%)

 Score 2 (Comprehend) 86 (59.72%) 30 (25.64%)

Score - NRS    

 Score 0 (Do not understand) 9 (6.25%) 50 (42.74%)

 Score 1 (Understand with repetition) 33 (22.92%) 38 (32.48%)

 Score 2 (Comprehend) 102 (70.83%) 29 (24.79%)

Score Preferences    

 FPS-R 43 (29.86%) 90 (76.92%)

 VRS 15 (10.42%) 14 (11.97%)

 VAS 11 (7.64%) 0 (0%)

 NRS 75 (52.08%) 13 (11.11%)