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Table 1 Characteristics of participants

From: Treatment seeking behaviour in southern Chinese elders with chronic orofacial pain: a qualitative study

Demographic status

OFP characteristics

Ref. no.

Age (Sex)

Education

Locations

Onset time

Duration

Severity

[1]

78 (F)

Primary

- Right templea

2 years

Seconds

Moderate

- Right eyea

2 years

  

- Right facea

2 years

  

[2]

65 (F)

Primary

- Tongue

10 years

Hours

Moderate

[3]

75 (F)

Primary

- Right temple

1 year

Minutes

Severe

- Right jaw

1 year

  

[4]

78 (F)

Secondary

- Tongue

5 years

Hours

Moderate

[5]

74 (F)

Primary

- Tongue

10 years

Minutes

Moderate

- Right jaw

20 years

  

- Right chin

20 years

 

[6]

60 (M)

Secondary

- Left faceb

3 years

Seconds

Severe

- Corners of Mouthb

3 years

  

[7]

77 (F)

Primary

- Facec

10 years

Seconds to

Moderate

- Eyesc

10 years

Hours

 

[8]

71 (F)

Primary

- Jaws

3 years

Minutes

Severe

- Tongue

3 years

  

[9]

76 (F)

Primary

- Eyes

10 years

Minutes

Moderate

- Jaws

10 years

  

[10]

75 (F)

Primary

- Temples

6 months

Minutes

Mild

- Palate

6 months

  

[11]

73 (M)

Primary

- Right jaw

2 years

Minutes

Moderate

[12]

82 (F)

Primary

- Right templed

2 years

Hours

Severe

- Right faced

2 years

  

[13]

80 (F)

Secondary

- Left eyee

15 years

Hours

Mild

- Left facee

15 years

  

- Left chine

15 years

  

[14]

83 (F)

No

- Left eye

5 years

Minutes

Moderate

- Left orbit

5 years

  

[15]

68 (F)

Secondary

- Right templef

12 years

Seconds

Severe

[16]

77 (M)

Primary

- Tongue

12 years

Minutes

Mild

[17]

80 (F)

Primary

- Tongue

4 months

Minutes

Mild

- Left eye and left orbit

2 years

  

- Temples

2 years

  

[18]

76 (F)

Primary

- Left eye and left orbit

1 year

Minutes

Moderate

- Left temple

1 year

  

[19]

83 (F)

Primary

- Left eye and left orbit

> 1 year

Seconds

Mild

[20]

76 (F)

Secondary

- Eyes

5 months

Minutes

Moderate

- Nose

5 months

  

[21]

80 (F)

Primary

- Temples

5 years

Hours

Moderate

[22]

82 (F)

Primary

- Right buccal cheek

20–30 years

Minutes

Mild

[23]

66 (M)

Tertiary

- Nose

4 years

Seconds to minutes

Moderate

- Temples

4 years

  

[24]

65 (F)

Tertiary

- Lichen planus

3 years

Seconds

Mild

- Bilateral buccal cheek

3 years

  

[25]

69 (F)

Primary

- Left faceg

3 years

Minutes

Severe

   

- Left ching

3 years

  
  1. Remarks: a = OFP was due to post-herpetic neuralgia; b = OFP occurred after brain tumour surgery; c = Neuropathic OFP; d = OFP was due to the recurrent trigeminal neuralgia (TN). The first episode of TN was in 20 years ago; e = OFP was due to TN; f = OFP was due to TN; g = OFP was due to TN.