Search for: [Abstract = "n \(control group\). The study was conducted at the Clinical Department of Vascular Surgery at the University Hospital in Krakow. The study involved 92 people diagnosed with atherosclerosis of other arteries, including peripheral arteries, not experiencing pain \(control group\), and 95 people experiencing chronic pain in the course of PAD \(study group\). The following research methods were used in the study\: 1\) an estimation method in which standardized research tools were used\: Coping Strategies Questionnaire – CSQ and Numerical Pain Scale\; 2\) diagnostic survey method, survey technique, which uses the author's questionnaire collecting socio\-demographic data, information on risk factors \(diabetes, hypertension, smoking including pack years of smoking\), circumstances of occurrence of pain \(version of the questionnaire for the study group\)\; 3\) analysis of medical documentation\: result of computed tomograph of vessels – CT, results of laboratory tests determined during hospitalization \(fibrinogen, C\-reactive protein – CRP, antithrombin III, serum albumin\)\; 4\) diagnostic tests\: Ankle\-Brachial index – ABI\; 5\) serological tests\: results of tests determined by Enzyme\-Linked Immunosorbent Assay – ELISA method\: Interleukin 10 – IL\-10, Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha – TNF\-α, SP. When analyzing the test results, the level of statistical significance was assumed to be α =0.05. Results\: CP\-experi"]

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