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Table 1 Patients demographics and cancer-cancer treatment criteria

From: Efficacy of interrupted cyclic treatment with prednisolone on cancer pain: a randomized crossover study

Variable

Numerical

%

Age (years)

52.92 ± 11.96

–

Sex (male/female)

16/23

41/59

Occupation

  

 None

31

79

 Government employee

3

8

 Farmer

1

2.56

 Private work

4

10.26

Education

  

 Illiterate

22

56

 Secondary school

13

33

 University

4

10

Comorbidity

  

 No

23

59

 Hypertension(controlled)

5

13

 DM (controlled)

5

13

 Both (Hypert. and DM)

4

10

 Others

2

5

Metastasis

39

100

Number of analgesics

  

 One

1

3

 Two

1

3

 Three

37

94

Type of analgesics (WHO stepladder)

  

 Step1

0

0

 Step2

33

85

 Step3

6

15

Type of pain

  

 Neuropathic

3

8

 Visceral

13

33

 Mixed

23

59

PSS-pain level (patient number)

Stage A

Stage B

 Mild

15

29

 Moderate

23

10

 Severe

1

0

  1. Legend: this table shows patient age in (years), sex (male/female), occupation, education, comorbidity, metastasis, number of analgesics, type of analgesics (WHO stepladder), and type of pain. All variables are in number and percentage age in mean ± SD