Ulcer pain
Ulcer pain was reported by 57% (245/431) of the patients
(Table I).The median visual analogue scale (VAS) value was 5,
and one third of the patients evaluated their pain at 7 or more.
Figure 1 shows the VAS distribution for the 218 patients who
had evaluated their pain using the VAS scale. Not all patients
with pain were able to report a VAS score, as some patients
(n=27) reported pain but could not specify a value due to
difficulties in understanding the VAS scale. Of the 245 patients
with documented pain, 53% reported sleeping disturbances
due to ulcer pain (data not shown)