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Table 2 Presence and site of pain

From: Prevalence of pain and its association with quality of life of patients with heart failure in a developing country: findings from a multicenter cross-sectional study

Variable

Frequency (%)

N = 142

Presence of pain

Yes

120 (84.5)

No

22 (15.5)

Area of pain

Head anteriorly

30 (21.1)

Neck anteriorly

12 (8.5)

Right chest anteriorly

27 (19)

Left chest anteriorly

35 (24.6)

Right arm anteriorly

23 (16.2)

Left arm anteriorly

24 (16.9)

Right forearm anteriorly

16 (11.3)

Left forearm anteriorly

17 (12)

Right palm

16 (11.3)

Left palm

18 (12.7)

Right sided abdomen

6 (4.2)

Left sided abdomen

5 (3.5)

Groin

6 (4.2)

Right thigh anteriorly

20 (14.1)

Left thigh anteriorly

18 (12.7)

Right knee

62 (43.7)

Left knee

55 (38.7)

Right leg

21 (14.8)

Left leg

20 (14.1)

Right foot

23 (16.2)

Left foot

23 (16.2)

Head posteriorly

28 (19.7)

Neck posteriorly

6 (4.2)

Right shoulder

27 (19)

Left shoulder

24 (16.9)

Left arm posteriorly

21 (14.8)

Right arm posteriorly

20 (14.1)

Left sided back

40 (28.2)

Right sided back

39 (27.5)

Buttocks and sacral region

6 (4.2)

Right forearm posteriorly

14 (9.9)

Left forearm posteriorly

13 (9.2)

Right dorsum of hand

15 (10.6)

Left dorsum of hand

14 (9.9)

Right thigh posteriorly

16 (11.3)

Left thigh posteriorly

16 (11.3)

Right knee posteriorly

28 (19.7)

Left knee posteriorly

26 (18.3)

Left calf

22 (15.5)

Right calf

22 (15.5)

Left heel

15 (10.6)

Right heel

17 (12.0)

Epigastric

13 (9.2)

Substernal

6 (4.2)

Left ankle

25 (17.6)

Right ankle

24 (16.9)

Left elbow

17 (12.0)

Right elbow

16 (11.3)

Left wrist

27 (19.0)

Right wrist

27 (19.0)

Left hip

9 (6.3)

Right hip

8 (5.6)