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Table 3 Visual trajectory and SMS-based classification for 1-year versus last quarter

From: Exploring visual pain trajectories in neck pain patients, using clinical course, SMS-based patterns, and patient characteristics: a cohort study

Visual trajectory

1-year SMS-based pattern

Last quarter SMS-based pattern, n (%)

Single episode/recovery

Episodic

Persistent fluctuating

Total

Single episode

Single episode/recovery

22 (100)

0

0

22

 

Episodic

56 (62)

29 (32)

6 (6)

91

 

Persistent fluctuating

0

0

8 (100)

8

Episodic

Single episode/recovery

2 (100)

0

0

2

 

Episodic

52 (23)

97 (43)

76 (34)

225

 

Persistent fluctuating

0

1 (1)

103 (99)

104

Mild ongoing

Single episode/recovery

0

0

0

0

 

Episodic

9 (26)

11 (31)

15 (43)

35

 

Persistent fluctuating

0

0

47 (100)

47

Fluctuating

Single episode/recovery

0

0

0

0

 

Episodic

3 (5)

24 (37)

38 (58)

65

 

Persistent fluctuating

0

0

253 (100)

253

Severe ongoing

Single episode/recovery

0

0

0

0

 

Episodic

0

0

0

0

 

Persistent fluctuating

0

0

14 (100)

14

Neither

Single episode/recovery

2 (100)

0

0

2

 

Episodic

2 (20)

6 (60)

2 (20)

10

 

Persistent fluctuating

0

0

10 (100)

10

  1. Patients with a 1-year episodic SMS-based pattern and last quarter persistent fluctuating SMS-based pattern are marked in bold