Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Table 1 Baseline characteristics and chronic pain etiologies of subjects enrolled in the REALITY study

From: Core patient-reported outcome measures for chronic pain patients treated with spinal cord stimulation or dorsal root ganglia stimulation

Baseline Characteristics		N (count) or mean (± SD)
Sex at Birth	Male	197
Sex at Birth	Female	312
Age at time of consent	Years	59.75 ± 14.06
Weight	Kg	87.99 + 22.48
Height	cm	168.65 + 10.14
Chronic Pain History	Years	10.67 ± 11.40
Pain Etiology^a	Back/lower Limb PSPS^a type I	74
	Back/lower Limb PSPS^a type II	192
	Radiculopathy	53
	CRPS^b- I	66
	CRPS^b- II (Causalgia)	40
	Chronic Post-surgical Pain	11
	Neck/Upper Limb PSPS^a type I	6
	Neck/Upper Limb PSPS^a type II	7
	Peripheral Neuropathy^c	31
	Other Chronic Pain^d	29
Work Status	Disabled	76
	Not Working	301
	Part-time	40
	Full-time	92

^aPSPS Persistent Spinal Pain Syndrome, Type I Non-surgical, Type II Surgical
^bCRPS Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
^c(Poly)neuropathies including painful diabetic polyneuropathy and post herpetic neuralgia
^dOther Chronic Pain” included Angina, Critical Limb Ischemia, Visceral pain, and post-amputation pain

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