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Table 3 Predictor factors of unrelieved pain in Emergency Department

From: Factors associated to unrelieved pain in a Morrocan Emergency Department

Characteristics

OR

95% IC

p value

Accompanied patient

   

No

1

---

---

Yes

2.72

1.28-5.76

0.009

Pain as chief complaint

   

Yes

1

---

---

No

2.32

1.25-4.31

0.007

Site of pain

   

Thoracic

1

---

---

Abdominopelvic

1.37

0.55-3.35

0.49

Musculoskeletal

1.18

0.45-3.19

0.75

Cephalic

6.28

2.26-17.46

<0.001

Lumbar

2.18

0.61-7.76

0.23

Multifocal

1.79

0.43-7.38

0.42

Duration of pain

   

<6

1

---

---

6-72

4.12

1.35-11.13

0.12

72-168

7.85

3.13-25.30

0.001

>168

4.55

1.77-14.90

0.02

  1. H-L test (x2 = 8.08, p = 0.43); ROC (AUR = 0.76, 95% CI = 0.73- 0.84). OR: odds ratio. 95% CI: confidence interval. 1: reference category; H-L: Hosmer-Lemeshow; x2: Chi-square test. AUC: area under ROC curve; ROC: receiver-operating characteristics.