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Table 2 Mean ratings of usefulness for the proposed categories and subjective confidence in allocating the cases to the respective categories

From: Pilot field testing of the chronic pain classification for ICD-11: the results of ecological coding

Diagnostic entity

Perceived utility (mean ± SD)

Subjective confidence (mean ± SD)

Chronic primary pain

1.7 ± 1.0

1.8 ± 1.0

Chronic cancer-related pain

2.7 ± 0.5

2.8 ± 0.4

Chronic postsurgical and posttraumatic pain

2.0 ± 0.9

2.2 ± 0.9

Chronic neuropathic pain

2.2 ± 0.8

2.2 ± 0.8

Chronic secondary headache or orofacial pain

1.9 ± 0.7

2.0 ± 0.6

Chronic secondary visceral pain

1.8 ± 0.8

1.8 ± 0.9

Chronic secondary musculoskeletal pain

1.9 ± 0.9

2.0 ± 0.9

  1. Theoretical range of the ratings: 0 (not at all) to 3 (completely)