Comparative Evaluation of Different Numerical Pain Scales Used for Pain Estimation during Debonding of Orthodontic Brackets

Table 5

Effect of gender on VAS and PCS scores.

Scale	Median (range)		value
	Female	Male
VAS scores
Overall	7.05 (2.87–43.87)	6.60 (1.35–27.31)	0.55
Upper total	5.00(1.75–39.38)	5.75 (1.00–14.40)	0.75
Upper right	4.75 (1.25–31.50)	4.50 (1.00–14.60)	0.86
Upper left	5.40 (2.25–47.25)	6.40 (1.00–16.00)	0.78
Upper anterior	5.50 (1.83–45.33)	6.17 (0.83–17.00)	0.94
Upper posterior	5.10 (1.70–31.50)	5.9 (1.00–13.40)	0.53
Lower total	8.60 (4.10–48.38)	6.3 (1.00–42.63)	0.04 (S)
Lower right	9.80 (3.60–46.75)	5.6 (1.00–42.75)	0.02 (S)
Lower left	7.40 (2.75–50.00)	6.5 (1.00–42.75)	0.46
Lower anterior	10.67 (4.50–41.67)	7.6 (0.50–49.17)	0.04 (S)
Lower posterior	8.80 (2.50–43.50)	5.8 (1.00–41.50)	0.03 (S)
PCS scores
Rumination	6 (5–8)	6 (3–10)	0.15
Magnification	4 (1–5)	3 (1–7)	0.97
Helplessness	5 (4–7)	5 (3–7)	0.13
Total	14 (12–20)	14 (7–20)	0.50

and statistically significant.