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Table 1 Sensory and affective Pain-O-Meter Words [27]

From: Younger age is associated with greater pain expression among patients with knee or hip osteoarthritis scheduled for a joint arthroplasty

Sensory words [intensity value]

Affective words [intensity value]

A Cutting [5]

M Irritating [2]

B Grinding [2]

N Frightening [4]

C Pricking [1]

O Troublesome [3]

D Squeezing [2]

P Suffocating [5]

E Cramping [4]

Q Killing [5]

F Tearing [5]

R Unbearable [4]

G Aching [3]

S Terrible [5]

H Smarting [2]

T Tiring [3]

I Burning [4]

U Worrying [1]

J Sore [1]

V Excruciating [5]

K Gnawing [3]

W Torturing [5]

L Pressing [4]